12/22/21 Pete's Christmas Special - No Man's Land
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
December 1914, Sworn enemies emerge from their trenches during the great war (WWI) to share Christmas. They share food, cigars, and cigarettes, they swap news, and play soccer in the middle of "No Man's Land". Join Pete Mecca for this wonderful Christmas story ..read more
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12/08/21 Pearl Harbor Special
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
Eighty years ago, on Dec 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. US Navy veteran, Jesus Cepeda, was there at Pearl Harbor during the attack and witnessed the devastation. After almost four years of continuous war, he was in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender ..read more
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12/01/21 My Thoughts
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
My thoughts, you may disagree, but it's time for all of us to take a stand, to make a choice, I've made mine. With Pete Mecca ..read more
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11/24/21 Guest Ron Webb
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
With Pete Mecca and his guest, Ron Webb. Ron served in the U.S. Air Force as an Air Policeman including a tour of Vietnam. He received a degree in Criminal Justice from Georgia State and a Masters Degree from Central Michigan. After serving four years with the Georgia State Patrol, Ron then served six years as a special agent for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. In 1978, Ron was appointed Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and retired after 22 years of service ..read more
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11/17/21 An Old Buddy I Never Knew
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
With Pete Mecca and his guest special Marty Broderick. Marty is an old buddy I never knew. He replaced me at the 306h Bombardment Wing, B-52 base, after I had left for Vietnam. We 'found' each other on Facebook 53 years later. You're going to love hearing his story ..read more
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11/10/21 Guest Christine "Tina" Woods
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
With Pete Mecca and his guest Christine "Tina" Woods, author of "MY WAR", she will discuss her mother's first husband, a fighter Ace in WWII, being killed in action. Her mother joined the Red Cross, went overseas, enduring bombings and personal losses as so many did during the war. Mrs. Woods has letters from her mother, and notes from her grandmother's diary describing life on the home front ..read more
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11/03/21 The Elite Tomb Guard
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
With Pete Mecca and his guest, Herb Smith, a member of the Elite of the Elite, a Tomb Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns during the Vietnam War ..read more
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10/27/21 The Mighty Eighth Air Force
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
Pete Mecca's guest is Heather Thies. Heather is the Director of Education, and Volunteer for the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force in Savannah GA. Heather will brief us on this outstanding museum and the men who flew with the Mighty 8th during WWII ..read more
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10/20/21 Guest Jon Hemp
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
With Pete Mecca and his guest K-9 handler, Jon Hemp. Listen to Jon's fascinating story of the K-9 Corps and the tough jobs that both dog and handler have protecting America's best ..read more
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10/06/21 Guest General Tim Britt
A Veteran's Story
by Pete Mecca
2y ago
Pete's guest is General Tim Britt. General Britt was seven years old when his older brother, Pfc. Ted Britt, was killed during a 'fix bayonets' four hour brawl 'outside the wire' during the historic siege of Khe Sanh, Vietnam in 1968. Pfc. Britt saved several Marines by charging and wiping out two enemy machine gun nests. He was awarded the Silver Star. General Britt will discuss his own career, then his older brother's heroic service ..read more
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