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This week on History Happy Hour: Author and historian Joe Balkoski becomes our first ever five-time guest, as he returns to pick up the story of the 29th Division. Things will kick off with a special ceremony honoring Joe’s five-time guest status. (A hat is involved!)
Then Chris and Rick will talk to him about the 4th volume of his five-volume series on the 29th: Our Tortured Souls: The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland, November - December 1944. A riveting story of heroism and tragedy, during which thousands of 29ers became casualties in a campaign that ultimately failed to end the war.
Joe Balkoski is a renowned American military historian who has authored eight books on American involvement in the ETO during World War II. This includes a five-volume series on the history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II and a two-volume set on American participation in the D-Day invasion. He has appeared as a D-Day expert on MSNBC, and his work has been praised by Joe Scarborough, the New York Post, World War II magazine, and others.
By Rick Beyer and Christopher Anderson4.2
2020 ratings
This week on History Happy Hour: Author and historian Joe Balkoski becomes our first ever five-time guest, as he returns to pick up the story of the 29th Division. Things will kick off with a special ceremony honoring Joe’s five-time guest status. (A hat is involved!)
Then Chris and Rick will talk to him about the 4th volume of his five-volume series on the 29th: Our Tortured Souls: The 29th Infantry Division in the Rhineland, November - December 1944. A riveting story of heroism and tragedy, during which thousands of 29ers became casualties in a campaign that ultimately failed to end the war.
Joe Balkoski is a renowned American military historian who has authored eight books on American involvement in the ETO during World War II. This includes a five-volume series on the history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II and a two-volume set on American participation in the D-Day invasion. He has appeared as a D-Day expert on MSNBC, and his work has been praised by Joe Scarborough, the New York Post, World War II magazine, and others.

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