A 17 year old in the Cold War US Army (57)

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Ian Sanders

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Today we speak to Manuel Alzaga who as a 17 year old joined the US Army in 1981. Manuel signed up to the artillery and tells his story from life of poverty in Los Angeles through to deployment in West Germany for a Reforger exercise. Before we get going you can really help us get more listeners by leaving reviews on Itunes or with your favourite podcast provider. This really helps raise our profile and get guests on the show. If you’d like to support us with a few dollars, pounds or roubles then head over to cwc.com and click here to learn more. Thank you so much to all our fans that are supporting us – it is really appreciated! Now back to today’s episode. We start by talking about Manuel’s early life. Can't wait for the next episode? Visit our discussion group here Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
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0:36.2	And that was probably the biggest tie, if you will, that a seven-year-old can have,
0:43.5	to pulling the lanyard on a 155-millimeter round, having the impact and the recoil,
0:51.9	and maybe 30 seconds later hearing an explosion, or seeing it right up the sky
0:56.1	late at night. It was a red head rush for 17-year-old.
1:02.4	This is Cold War Conversations. If you're new here, you've come to the right place to listen to
1:09.4	first-hand Cold War history accounts.
1:12.4	Do make sure you follow us in your podcast app or join our emailing list at
1:17.5	Cold War Conversations.com.
1:21.2	Today we speak to Manuel Alzaga, who as a 17-year-old, joined the US Army in 1981.
1:29.5	Manuel signed up to the artillery and tells his story from a life of poverty in Los Angeles
1:35.1	through to deployment in Germany for Reforger.
1:39.7	Before we get going, you can really help us get more listeners by leaving reviews on iTunes or with
1:45.7	your favourite podcast provider. This really helps to raise our profile and get guests onto the
1:52.5	show. If you'd like to support us with a few dollars, pounds or roubles, then head over to
1:59.3	Cold Warconversations.com
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