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!
The Warrior Next Door Podcast
Author/Astronaut Jan Davis: “Air Born – Two Generations in Flight”, Episode 2 of 2, Series 45
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Ryan Fairfield, Tony Lupo
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Season 4
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Episode 210
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 pilot early in the air war and also as a POW till wars end. Join us now as Jan talks about her story as an astronaut and how her fathers story impacted her life.