Someone Talked!

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.

Someone Talked! is the official podcast of the National D-Day Memorial. In this episode Dr. Sean McMeekin returns to continue our discussion of Stalin’s War, revising the Hitler-centric view of the war. In “We Salute You,” Hollywood actor Burgess Meredith’s role training fellow American servicemen during World War II. 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 Sean McMeekin, Francis Flournoy Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College, joins us to discuss his latest book Stalin’s War: A New History of WWII. In Stalin’s War, McMeekin explores the idea that Stalin—not Hitler—was the animating force of World War II. Learn how legendary medic Charles Norman Shay came to represent the 175 Native Americans who landed on D-Day 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, Black Snow author James Scott returns to discuss the development of the B-29 bomber and shares how he was personally affected by his research. In “We Salute You,” André Fallwell landed in France to help liberate his mother’s homeland and with the hope he’d return to an America that was truly free for all. 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, Pulitzer Prize finalist James Scott reflects on his time researching in Japan and the painful interviews with civilians recalling the firebombing of Tokyo. In “We Salute You,” intelligence officer Oscar Cavallin’s story from inside a German POW camp. 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, we explore the Memorial’s never-ending quest to identify and remember, by name, every single Allied fatality on D-Day. The nephew of a fallen aviator shares how this research it helping families find answers nearly 80 years later. In “We Salute You,” once known but to God, Frances Drake was finally returned from Guadalcanal. The heroic story of how he died attempting to save his fellow Marine. 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, the producers of They Won’t Die Twice, a new documentary following the lives of three fallen heroes of D-Day, join us in studio on the heels of the American premiere. In “We Salute You,” how remembering Paul Womack’s death on Omaha Beach united two families over his grave and across continents. 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.