The Warrior Next Door Podcast
We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield. We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!
Episodes
214 episodes
Cpl Ryan Downing PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER - 2004 & 2006 Battle of Ramadi, Iraq; Co. E. 2/4 Marines
Welcome to the uncut subscriber edition of the Cpl Ryan Downing series. In this series, we meet Cpl. Ryan Downing of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines as he takes us through his training and deployment to Iraq in late 2003 where he fight...
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Season 4
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Episode 222
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2:05:33
EP 1/3 Cpl Ryan Downing - 2004 & 2006 Battle of Ramadi, Iraq; Co. E. 2/4 Marines
Welcome to Episode 1 of the 3 part Cpl Ryan Downing series. In this episode we meet Ryan and learn about his enlistment, training and deployment to Iraq in 2003.
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Season 4
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Episode 220
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41:24
Top 5 WWII Movies Discussion with Ray Harris - Episode 3/3
Welcome to the final episode of Ray Harris’s Top 5 WWII movies discussion with Tony and I. Sit back and enjoy as we cover our final picks and try to see if we have any common ground!
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Season 4
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Episode 218
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35:51
Top 5 WWII Movies Discussion with Ray Harris - Episode 2/3
Welcome to Episode 2 of 3 of our series with Ray Harris of the History of WWII Podcast discussing our picks for the top 5 WWII movies. In this episode we get into the first picks of our top 5.
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Episode 217
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46:29
Top 5 WWII Movies with Ray Harris PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER
Welcome to the UNCUT series for our premium subscribers. As you may know Ray Harris of the History of WWII podcast has graciously hosted Tony and I on his podcast over the last few years. Well he invited us to do a series with him for his podca...
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Season 4
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Episode 219
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1:58:56
Top 5 WWII Movies Discussion with Ray Harris - Episode 1/3
Episode 1 of 3. As you may know Ray Harris of the History of WWII podcast has graciously hosted Tony and I on his podcast over the last few years. Well, he invited us to do a series with him for his podcast that was also posted on his YouTube c...
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Season 4
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Episode 216
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39:39
Marta Warner Tribute - Episode 4 of 4
Welcome to the final episode of the Marta Warner Tribute series. In this episode Marta discusses what happened to her family after the war as well as her impressions of the USA as she moved to America after the war.
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Season 4
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Episode 215
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34:38
Marta Warner Tribute - Episode 3 of 4
Welcome to Episode 3 of the 4 part Marta Warner Tribute series. In this episode we talk about how school was conducted at the end of the war in the ruins of cities, how history books were changed by the nazi’s and she brings out a memento from ...
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Season 4
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Episode 214
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40:30
Marta Warner Tribute - Episode 2 of 4
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Marta Warner Tribute. In this episode, we learn of her family’s realization that citizens were being deported to camps and how the black market aided in survival after the war.
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Season 4
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Episode 213
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34:44
Marta Warner Tribute - Episode 1 of 4
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Marta Warner Tribute series. In this episode we discuss how her family endured the changes in German society, her opinion on Adolf Hitler and what it was like to be hungry and searching for potable water.
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Season 4
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Episode 212
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37:12
Marta Warner Tribute Series - PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER
Welcome to the Marta Warner Tribute series. In this uncut series we revisit Marta in September 2023 to conduct a follow up interview. We learn more about her experience under the oppressive Nazi government, what it was like to go hungry and she...
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Season 4
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Episode 211
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2:22:18
Author/Astronaut Jan Davis: “Air Born – Two Generations in Flight”, Episode 2 of 2, Series 45
Welcome to Episode 2 of the Jan Davis series. In episode 1 we met Jan Davis, retired astronaut who flew on 3 space shuttle missions and the daughter of Ben Smotherman who flew B-17’s in 1943 out of England. We learned about his experiences as a...
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Season 4
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Episode 210
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37:19
Author/Astronaut Jan Davis: “Air Born – Two Generations in Flight”, Episode 1 of 2, Series 45
Author/Retired Astronaut Jan Davis discusses her book: “Air Born – Two generations in flight” about her WWII B-17 pilot father and the parallels with her career at NASA and her 3 space shuttle missions. In this episode, we met Jan Davis, retire...
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Season 4
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Episode 209
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50:55
Author/Astronaut Jan Davis: “Air Born – Two Generations in Flight”, ALL EPISODES, Series 45
Welcome to the premium-subscriber, uncut Jan Davis series. In this series we meet Jan Davis, retired astronaut who flew on 3 space shuttle missions and daughter of Ben Smotherman who flew B-17’s in 1943 out of England. We will learn about his e...
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Season 4
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Episode 208
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1:26:40
Jan Douma: Episode 4 of 4 ,Series 44 - Filips Douma, WW2, Netherland Police Officer, Dutch Resistance, Concentration Camp Survivor
In this series we explore the extensive research conducted by Jan Douma, son of Filips Douma who was a police officer during WW2 in NAZI-occupied Netherlands Jan provides a vivid account of what his father endured after he was apprehended helpi...
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Season 4
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Episode 207
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33:12
Jan Douma: Episode 3 of 4 ,Series 44 - Filips Douma, WW2, Netherland Police Officer, Dutch Resistance, Concentration Camp Survivor
In this series we explore the extensive research conducted by Jan Douma, son of Filips Douma who was a police officer during WW2 in NAZI-occupied Netherlands Jan provides a vivid account of what his father endured after he was apprehended helpi...
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Season 4
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Episode 206
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41:19
Jan Douma: Episode 2 of 4 ,Series 44 - Filips Douma, WW2, Netherland Police Officer, Dutch Resistance, Concentration Camp Survivor
In this series we explore the extensive research conducted by Jan Douma, son of Filips Douma who was a police officer during WW2 in NAZI-occupied Netherlands Jan provides a vivid account of what his father endured after he was apprehended helpi...
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Season 4
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Episode 205
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46:42
Jan Douma: ALL EPISODES, Series 44 - Filips Douma, WW2, Netherland Police Officer, Dutch Resistance, Concentration Camp Survivor
In this series we explore the extensive research conducted by Jan Douma, son of Filips Douma who was a police officer during WW2 in NAZI-occupied Netherlands Jan provides a vivid account of what his father endured after he was apprehended helpi...
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Season 4
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Episode 204
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2:49:14
Jan Douma: Episode 1 of 4 ,Series 44 - Filips Douma, WW2, Netherland Police Officer, Dutch Resistance, Concentration Camp Survivor
In this series we explore the extensive research conducted by Jan Douma, son of Filips Douma who was a police officer during WW2 in NAZI-occupied Netherlands Jan provides a vivid account of what his father endured after he was apprehended helpi...
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Season 4
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Episode 203
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47:54
AIR RAID EDITION: Interview w Nick Devaux/Lars McKie of The Logbook Project Podcast, SERIES 43 Episode 1 of 1
Welcome to another Air Raid Edition of the Warrior Next Door Podcast. This episode we feature Nick Devaux and Lars McKie of The Logbook Project Podcast as they discuss their unique effort to gain signatories of WWII veterans from around the wor...
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Season 4
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Episode 202
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52:27
Sammy Lee Davis: Episode 2 of 2, SERIES 42 - Vietnam War, Medal of Honor Recipient, Operation Cudgel
Join us as Sammy L. Davis shares his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam who would earn the Medal of Honor for his actions as a cannoneer during Operation Cudgel on November 18th, 1967. His accounts are captured vividly in his book "Yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 201
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37:08
Sammy Lee Davis: Episode 1 of 2, SERIES 42 - Vietnam War, Medal of Honor Recipient, Operation Cudgel
Join us as Sammy L. Davis shares his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam who would earn the Medal of Honor for his actions as a cannoneer during Operation Cudgel on November 18th, 1967. His accounts are captured vividly in his book "Yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 200
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36:45
Sammy Lee Davis: Episode ALL, SERIES 42 - Vietnam War, Medal of Honor Recipient, Operation Cudgel
Join us as Sammy L. Davis shares his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam who would earn the Medal of Honor for his actions as a cannoneer during Operation Cudgel on November 18th, 1967. His accounts are captured vividly in his book "Yo...
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Season 4
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Episode 199
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1:14:00
Jack Hamlin: Episode 4/4 SERIES 41, Rescue Flotilla 1, DDAY, OMAHA BEACH, USCG, WWII
Welcome to the final episode of the Jack Hamlin series. In this episode Jack describes his participation in the rescue of survivors from the sinking of the SS Leopoldville on Dec 24, 1944 which was stricken by a German sub. Then 2 nights later ...
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Season 4
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Episode 198
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45:01
Jack Hamlin: Episode 3/4, SERIES 41, Rescue Flotilla 1, DDAY, OMAHA BEACH, USCG, WWII
Welcome to Episode 3 of the Jack Hamlin series. In this episode Jack describes the aftermath of the DDAY invasion as well as some post DDAY action he participated in from his Cutter #23.
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Season 4
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Episode 197
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37:07