263: Murder & Manhunt in WW2 w/ Brendan Koerner - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In 1944 a battalion of African-American soldiers were tasked with the horrific job of building a road through the heart of the Indo-Burmese jungle during World War II. One of the men, a private named Herman Perry, had been having an especially difficult time of it. He’d suffered abuse while serving a stint in the local military prison, and eventually turned to opium and marijuana to escape from reality. On one fateful day, in the midst of an emotional collapse, Perry murdered an unarmed white lieutenant trying to apprehend him for dereliction of duty. Perry then fled into the jungle, where he became a fugitive in an intense manhunt.

My guest is Brendan Koerner, author of “Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier’s Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II”. He talks about the poor conditions faced by black soldiers in a segregated army and shares details of Herman Perry’s wild escape into the wilderness, where he assimilated into a local tribe to avoid capture.

Connect with the author via Twitter here: https://twitter.com/brendankoerner

Purchase the book through the publisher's website here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/300974/now-the-hell-will-start-by-brendan-i-koerner/

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1:23.4	Welcome all to another episode of the most notorious podcast,
1:29.7	I'm Eric Rivenes, right to connect with you again.
1:33.3	I am very happy to welcome Brendan Karner to the show.
1:38.0	He has been a contributing editor and columnist for Wired Magazine, Slate Magazine, The New York Times,
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