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Crawlspace Media

True Crime, News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this episode Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri looks into Tom Pilleri's disappearance from Guadalcanal during World War 2. Thanks to Judy Knopp, Dave Nichols, Frank Pilleri Jr., Frank Pilleri, and Sandy Pilleri. Sara Sheckells and G. Larry Butler lend their voices. This episode was originally published on Missing November 24th, 2022. Cambridge Veteran Services: https://www.cambridgema.gov/departments/veteransservices Sara Sheckells: https://sarasounds.com/ G. Larry Butler: https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeLarryButler/ Honor Flight: https://www.honorflight.org/ History Flight: https://historyflight.com/ Sources: Leaving Mac Behind: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W7T98PX Sinking of the Wasp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZGQxGygA0U Battle at the Overland Trail, One Night of Combat on Guadalcanal: https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Overland-Trail-Combat-Guadalcanal/dp/1936553260 Battle of the Overland Trail - Guadalcanal: https://youtu.be/oBH6nxeA9HA Silver Star Dedication to Thomas Stephen Pilleri: https://youtu.be/R-oXoUDWr68 https://www.naval-history.net/WW2UScasaaDB-USMCbyNamePQ.htm https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=55928 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56762806/thomas-stephen-pilleri Music by Lexin_Music: https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=116199 Go to https://smile.amazon.com/ to connect your existing Amazon account to donate to PI's For the Missing. Follow Private Investigations For the Missing https://investigationsforthemissing.org/ http://piftm.org/donate https://twitter.com/PIFortheMissing https://www.facebook.com/PIFortheMissing/ https://www.instagram.com/investigationsforthemissing/ Main Theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at https://incompetech.com/. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at http://williamsflutes.com. Follow Missing: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm Check out the new Crawlspace Discussion Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkcrawlspace/ Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Box Media Podcast.
0:06.0	Hey missing listeners. We wanted to bring another episode back that we really enjoyed producing.
0:12.0	This one is about my great uncle, Thomas Polary, who went
0:15.9	missing during World War II. This episode originally aired last November and
0:21.0	there's been no update but I know we've gotten some new
0:24.4	listeners and I just wanted to make sure we shared this episode. Thank you for
0:28.2	listening everyone happy holidays. The You're going to be here. Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance how are you today?
1:07.0	I'm doing great today Tim. I'm super excited about this episode because it is a bit of a deviation from what we typically produce and it's a very
1:16.3	personal glimpse into something that you've been looking into for years and you put this together
1:22.3	I haven't heard it I know some of the elements of it, and I can't
1:26.3	wait to listen to it, and I love the fact that this is being released on Thanksgiving and the day
1:31.6	before Thanksgiving.
1:32.6	So if you do hear this during this time
1:35.0	and you're with your family,
1:36.1	just take a moment and appreciate
1:37.6	what you got going on around you.
1:39.6	This is a fantastic story.
1:41.1	I'm gonna stop talking and I'll pass it over to you now.
1:43.4	Okay, thanks a lot. Yeah, this is kind of a holiday special. I guess we're going to be
1:48.1	releasing it on both of our podcasts, Crawlspace, and missing, missing tomorrow on
1:53.0	Thanksgiving.
1:54.2	My great uncle Tom Polary is technically missing.
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