Welcome to the final episode of the Ken Thomas series. In this episode we hear about the living conditions for him in the theater as well as the politics behind General Stillwell's forming of a group called Merrill's Marauders.

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Welcome to Episode 3 of the four part Ken Thomas series! In this episode, Ken talks about his Odyssey traveling to the China Burma India theater and what typical missions were like for him during the war.

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Welcome to Episode 2 of the four part Ken Thomas series. In this episode Mr. Thomas discusses his training and what it was like to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt. We also get some colorful anecdotes from our guest co-hosts TSgt Nick Lasher and Major John Nowakowski of the Oklahoma Air National Guard 138th Tactical Fighter Wing.

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Welcome to Episode 1 of the four part Ken Thomas Series. 2nd Lt Thomas was a fighter pilot flying the fabled fighter-bomber P-47 Thunderbolt in the China Burma India Theater against Japanese targets as part of the 88 Fighter Squadron of the 80th Fighter Group. In this episode Ken talks about his efforts to get into the fighter training program and we also introduce our guest co-hosts from the Oklahoma Air National Guard 138th Tactical Fighter Wing. 

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Have you ever wondered what today's fighter pilot shares with a WWII fighter pilot? Our next series covers this as we feature WWII P47 Thunderbolt pilot 2nd Lt Ken Thomas who flew in the China Burma India Theater with the 88th Fighter Squadron of the 80th Fighter Group. We also have 2 active duty military guest co-hosts from the Oklahoma Air Nat Guard 138th Tactical Fighter Wing to provide a modern military perspective on these roles. Tighten your goggles and check your mae west, 2ndLt. You are flying ground support against the Japanese in the skies over China during WWII in the almighty fighter-bomber- the "Jug".

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 Welcome to the final episode in the Back to Normandy Series featuring WWII 116th Infantry Regiment veteran TSgt Bill Parker, who landed in the first wave on Omaha Beach on D-Day. In this final episode, we attend a memorial service for an atrocity committed against the 82nd Airborne on D-Day and then we return to Omaha Beach for a second time on the trip with Bill. 

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Welcome to Episode 4 in the Back to Normandy Series featuring TSgt Bill Parker of the 116th Infantry Regiment, who landed in the first wave on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. In this episode, we follow our group of WWII veterans to the American cemetery at Colleville, stand at the scenic overlook - looking down on Omaha Beach and visit the grave of Bill's commanding officer on D-Day, Captain Laurence Madill.

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Welcome to Episode 3 of the Back to Omaha Beach with TSGT Bill Parker of the 116th Infantry Regiment Series. In  this episode Mr. Parker attends mass at Angoville au Plain, a small church with extraordinary D-Day history.  Later he is welcomed to a small ceremony at La Maison de la Liberation, the first house liberated on Omaha Beach. And finally, Bill sets foot on Omaha Beach for the first time in 78 years.

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Welcome to Episode 2 of the Back to Normandy series with TSGT Bill Parker who landed on the first wave of Omaha Beach in Company E of the 116th Infantry Regiment. In this episode, we cover June 2nd and 3rd, 2022 where Bill attends a private meeting with the mayor of Valogne, France and hears of the gratitude the french people have toward their liberators. Later he goes to Saint Mere Eglise and meets students and active duty military from several nations. On June 4 he attends a special meeting with school children in Bricquebec, France.

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Welcome to a NEW series featuring TSGT Bill Parker of the 116th Infantry Regiment chronicling his trip back to Normandy for the first time in 78 years. In this episode, you will hear how the trip came to be, how Bill decided to go and learn about his first day back on French soil where he would meet the French family that would host him during his 6 day stay.

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