Yankton’s Yardbirds

Join Dave as he tells the exciting story of Vet Robert Hanley and the battle for Java.  Also mentioned in this episode Elvin Capp.

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Join Dave as He tells the Stories of our Troops Defending Austrailia.  Vets featured in this episode are: Warren Hatch, Robert Hanley, Don and Harold Modreger, Butch Colgan, Otto Kabeisman, Arnold Albrecht, and Cliff Hicks.

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Join Dave as he tells the Stories of Vets George Gyllenhammer, Ed Johnson, Bob Steinbeck, Cliff Hicks, Bob Bailey, Delmar Strunk, Bill Dayhuff, and Ken Custis.  
     This episode covers the stories of people that stepped up and worked in the US when our young men went off to war.  Others mentioned on this podcast are Art and Herman Giege, John Brady, Dale Orr, Bill Lynch, Jim Black, Delores "Dee" Swanson-Hatch, and Lucille Gore

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Join Dave Hosmer as he tells the stories of Elmo Christensen and Frank Branaugh  during their time stateside post Pearl Harbor as well as the story of the Japanese-American Citizens as told through the family of Kiyo Taketa.

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Join Dave as he tells the stories of Warren Jorgenson, Andrew William Zogg, and Nick Saui. Dave relays the tales of defeat and incarceration at the hands of the Japanese in the Phillipines.

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Join Dave on this historical Journey through the infamous Bataan Death March . In this Episode Dave tells the stories of Veterans Walter Straka , Paul Kerchum, Ben Steele, Philip S. Brain Jr., Onofre Mina, Gerhardt "Bud" Steinbach, and Warren Jorgenson.

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Join Dave Hosmer as he tells the stories of the Japanese landing in the Philippines December 8, 1941. The Veterans featured in this podcast are Warren Jorgenson, Walter Straka, and Cliff Hicks.

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Join Dave as he tells the stories of Warren Jorgensen, Robert Phillips, and Walter Straka. This episode covers the bombings in the Philippines and the actions of US forces in response.

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If you'd like to be a Sponsor of future episodes of Yankton's Yardbirds please contact Dave Hosmer at [email protected]

Support the show

If you'd like to be a Sponsor of future episodes of Yankton's Yardbirds please contact Dave Hosmer at [email protected]

Join Dave Hosmer as he tells the stories of several WW2 Veterans and Yankton area locals as they detail the events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor and the following attack on Wake Island.

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If you'd like to be a Sponsor of future episodes of Yankton's Yardbirds please contact Dave Hosmer at [email protected]