Someone Talked!

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.Countries and contributions, large and small, were crucial in the complex operation thatwas Overlord. In this episode, our hosts discuss the multinational effort on D-Day andhow each ally is recognized at the National D-Day Memorial.In “We Salute You,” we remember Major William H. Merriam, a U.S. Army Air Forcefighter pilot who contributed to the success of the Normandy invasion, despite not livingto see D-Day.Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming eventsat dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learnmore, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team atpodcast@dday.org.

Hosts John C. McManus and co-hosts April Cheek-Messier and John Long lead a discussion about the National D-Day Memorial’s past, present, and future in front of a live audience at the Memorial.-

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.We go back To the End of the Earth with John C. McManus, as explore the last of his trilogy on the U.S. Army in the Pacific in World War II.John Onken, a naturalized American citizen born to German immigrants, dies fighting for his adopted homeland in our “We Salute You” segment.Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.In this episode our host is in the hotseat as John C. McManus answers your burning questions about his research and just-released book, To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945.In our “We Salute You” segment, hear the story of Colonel James Kerr, one of only two known Marines to land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.Craig Symonds, Professor of History Emeritus at the United States Naval Academy, returns to continue our discussion of Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.Learn about the lesser-known mission, “Saving Lt. Plateck” as told by Corporal Herschel Brohinsky in our “We Salute You” segment.Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial.America's preeminent naval historian Craig Symonds joins our hosts to discuss his latest work, the first full-length portrait of Chester Nimitz in more than 50 years.In our “We Salute You” segment, hear the first-hand account of James Buchanan, a junior officer on Nimitz' staff.Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities.To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. Author Ian Toll returns to talk kamikaze culture and explores the polarized U.S. political environment as we wrap up our discussion of his book, Twilight of the Gods. In “We Salute You,” meet 1 st Lieutenant Marcella LeBeau, an army nurse and champion of veteran and Native American health care. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. “To Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter C. Short, who were dealt a losing hand.” With a dedication like that you’ll want to hear more from author Ian Toll as we discuss the third book in his Pacific War trilogy, Twilight of the Gods. In “We Salute You,” go inside the “Little Red School House” with Louis Graziano, the last living witness to the German surrender who personally escorted German General Jodl to Eisenhower’s office. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. Author Jennet Conant rejoins our hosts to discuss writing about her own grandfather, eminent chemist James B. Conant, and his work on the Manhattan Project. Ernest Fulcher, an underweight boy from the mountains of West Virginia comes of age guiding Higgins Boats to Omaha Beach, in our “We Salute You” segment. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. New York Times Bestselling Author Jennet Conant shares The Great Secret. Discover the chemical weapons catastrophe, cover-up, and how it all led to the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy. Thought dead, Lt. Commander John Henry Morrill actually lived to tell quite the story of escape in the Pacific. Hear it in our “We Salute You” segment. Explore the National D-Day Memorial, plan your visit, and learn about upcoming events at dday.org. This program was supported by a grant from Virginia Humanities. To learn more, visit VirginiaHumanities.org. Email the Someone Talked! team at podcast@dday.org.