"There is a defining moment in every man's life”,  an anonymous writer has penned, "within that moment everything that person is shines the brightest.” There were many such moments for thousands upon thousands of combat soldiers in World War II. Join host Ron Eckberg for Episode 2 of the Ordinary Heroes Podcast and the story of one such night for one such soldier.

"There is a defining moment in every man's life”, an anonymous writer has penned, "within that moment everything that person is shines the brightest.” There were many such moments for thousands upon thousands of combat soldiers in World War II. Join host Ron Eckberg for Episode 2 of the Ordinary Heroes Podcast and the story of one such night for one such soldier.

"There is a defining moment in every man's life”,&nbsp; an anonymous writer has penned, "within that moment everything that person is shines the brightest.” There were many such moments for thousands upon thousands of combat soldiers in World War II. Join host Ron Eckberg for Episode 2 of the Ordinary Heroes Podcast and the story of one such night for one such soldier.

Night of Nights

Historian Stephen Ambrose appropriately described World War II as “history’s greatest catastrophe”. But from the smoldering rubble of that war there emerged amazing stories of ordinary men and women doing extraordinary deeds of valor, sacrifice, and heroism in the midst of extraordinary times. 

Today, over 80 years later, there are still such stories being unearthed, stories that need to be told.  Such is the purpose of Ron Eckberg’s Ordinary Heroes podcast. You will hear stories that you will most likely not have heard before, stories that will inspire, educate, and hopefully challenge you to help in this effort to keep alive the memory of what the Greatest Generation did to keep the world from succumbing to the madness of those who would seek to rule it. 

Ron Eckberg is the “proud son of a World War II combat veteran”. Join him as he brings new stories of man’s greatest conflict in the Ordinary Heroes Podcast.

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Historian Stephen Ambrose appropriately described World War II as “history’s greatest catastrophe”. But from the smoldering rubble of that war there emerged amazing stories of ordinary men and women doing extraordinary deeds of valor, sacrifice, and heroism in the midst of extraordinary times. Today, over 80 years later, there are still such stories being unearthed, stories that need to be told. Such is the purpose of Ron Eckberg’s Ordinary Heroes podcast. You will hear stories that you will most likely not have heard before, stories that will inspire, educate, and hopefully challenge you to help in this effort to keep alive the memory of what the Greatest Generation did to keep the world from succumbing to the madness of those who would seek to rule it. Ron Eckberg is the “proud son of a World War II combat veteran”. Join him as he brings new stories of man’s greatest conflict in the Ordinary Heroes Podcast.

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