Tomorrow Town, Tennessee

Earlier this month the United States Army's First Infantry Division named a road after Chattanooga native Medal and of Honor recipient Captain Larry Taylor on the base at Fort Riley in Kansas.

This is the latest of many honors for Larry Taylor. Several of them have come after he passed in late January of this year.

Recently, I had a conversation with Dave Hill.

Dave and Larry Taylor were friends for a very long time.

Dave Hill is the last surviving member of the 4 man LURP team who Taylor rescued in June of 1968 in the combat action that would earn Captain Taylor the Medal of Honor 55 years later.

Also, Dave Hill along with several others worked for years pushing for Taylor to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

In this episode I talk to Dave about several topics.

The interview was conducted on a bus. We were on a trip through North Georgia with a few dozen descendants of 4 of the Andrews' Raiders from the Civil War.

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On Veterans Day we put together a special report, as we followed the family of Medal of Honor Recipient Rodney Maxwell Davis as they visited the exact spot Sgt. Davis was killed in Action.

You can watch the full special here: https://youtu.be/_jNikM8FsaY

During what's know as Operation Swift during the Vietnam War, Davis sacrificed his life and saved 5 fellow Marines.

The story is incredible and every American should know the story.

One of those Marines who there fighting alongside Sgt. Davis when this happened was John Brackeen, Davis' platoon commander.

For this story I talked to Brackeen's grandson, Steve.

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David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill.

This is part 2 of our conversation. In this episode David talks about being the CEO of One to One Health in Chattanooga, TN and he tells the story of how his interpreter from the war in Afghanistan came to the U.S. and lived with him for 7 years.

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Will parts of the Air National Guard be moved away from the direction of governors and under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Space Force?

That proposal is closer to becoming reality than many may realize.

On this episode we talk to someone who knows exactly where this proposal stands right now, and what would need to happen for this to become law.

We talk about this and more with Republican U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann from Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District.

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David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill.

This is part one of a two part conversation with David Kinzler. Part two is coming soon.

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Host Josh Roe just returned from a trip to Da Nang, Vietnam where he witnessed several incredible events. One of those events was a meeting that included veterans in Vietnam who fought against U.S. forces in the 1960s & 70s and a delegation of Americans that included veterans from the war in Vietnam, U.S. Veterans who served after the war, current service members, and family members of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Rodney Davis.

Josh takes us inside that meeting.

This conversation took place in Da Nang on Thursday September 5, 2024.

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Last spring I met John Hollis over zoom.

John Hollis has spent most of his professionally life telling stories about other people working as a journalist in many places, and a few years ago he wrote a book about Medal of Honor recipient Marine Corps Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis. Davis was killed in action during the Vietnam War.

In our last episode of Tomorrow Town, Tennessee, I announced the show was going on a trip to Vietnam. Rodney Davis' story is a major reason we are going on this trip. Look for much more on our trip very soon.

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Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is going to Vietnam.

We've been invited on a journey to visit locations of major battles and significant combat actions in the Vietnam War.

Some of the stories we will tell include the stories of Medal of Honor recipients Rodney Maxwell Davis and Father Vincent Capodanno.

We will visit Hue City, the site of a major battle in early 1968. To understand the battle a little better, I talked to a Marine Corps Veteran who fought every day of that battle. In this episode, a conversation with Larry Lewis from East Ridge, Tennessee.

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Several weeks ago NewsChannel 9's Josh Roe met Vietnam Air Force Veteran Mike Fish.

He is a pararescue veteran and was awarded the Air Force Cross for an action in 1969. That is the second highest honor for member of the Air Force.

Josh Roe talks to Mike Fish about his military career and dealing with survivor's guilt late in life years after the war.

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Two Civil War soldiers were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House on July 3rd.

George Wilson and Philip Shadrach were two members of the legendary Andrews Raiders. Members of the Raiders were the first soldiers in U.S. history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. From 1863 to 1883, nineteen members of the Andrews' Raiders were awarded the Medal of Honor, but for 162 years Wilson and Shadrach never received recognition for their part in the Great Locomotive Chase. On July 3, 2024, the historical record was officially corrected.

In this episode a conversation with a descendant of the Philip Shadrach family Jennifer Sweet.

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