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, 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 learned about her fathers experiences as a pilot early in the air war and also as a POW till wars end. 

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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 experiences as a pilot early in the air war and also as a POW till wars end. In the second half of the series, Jan talks about her story as an astronaut and how her fathers story impacted her life.

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 helping the Dutch resistance in the summer of 1944 and sent to a series of concentration camps where he would be days from death when the war ended. 

Join us for a compelling look at a lesser known historical account of what life was like in the NAZI-occupied regions of Europe.

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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 helping the Dutch resistance in the summer of 1944 and sent to a series of concentration camps where he would be days from death when the war ended. 

Join us for a compelling look at a lesser known historical account of what life was like in the NAZI-occupied regions of Europe.

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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 helping the Dutch resistance in the summer of 1944 and sent to a series of concentration camps where he would be days from death when the war ended. 

Join us for a compelling look at a lesser known historical account of what life was like in the NAZI-occupied regions of Europe.

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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 helping the Dutch resistance in the summer of 1944 and sent to a series of concentration camps where he would be days from death when the war ended. 

Join us for a compelling look at a lesser known historical account of what life was like in the NAZI-occupied regions of Europe.

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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 helping the Dutch resistance in the summer of 1944 and sent to a series of concentration camps where he would be days from death when the war ended. 

Join us for a compelling look at a lesser known historical account of what life was like in the NAZI-occupied regions of Europe.

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 world to Nick's fathers WWII RCAF Logbook. They have launched their accompanying podcast we discuss the origins of the project as well as hear of a few signatories in the logbook.

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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 "You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying: Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient"

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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 "You Don't Lose 'Til You Quit Trying: Lessons on Adversity and Victory from a Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Recipient"

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