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CHLOE MELAS | My Grandfather’s Story of the Air War in Europe (Ep. 434)

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Undaunted.Life: A Man's Podcast by Kyle Thompson

Religion & Spirituality

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we welcome Chloe Melas to the show. She is a journalist and entertainment reporter for CNN and HLN. She’s also the granddaughter of World War II pilot Frank Murphy, who authored the book which is the main subject matter for today’s interview, Luck of the Draw. In that book, Frank Murphy details the almost-unbelievable air war that took place during WWII. Murphy was one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, aka “The Bloody Hundredth”. Also in the book, Murphy details when his B-17 was shot down over enemy territory in Germany and time in German POW camps. Frank Murphy’s story is going to be featured prominently in an upcoming Apple TV+ television show called Masters of the Air, which will release later this year. The project is headed up by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks. In this interview, we discuss her hearing stories about the War from her grandfather, how she became so interested as an adult in the details of the air war during WWII, the extreme loss of life suffered by pilots during the war, the circumstances that led to her grandfather’s B-17 being shot down, him being captured in enemy territory, his time in a German POW camp, how she wants her grandfather to be remembered, and much more. Let’s get into it…  Episode notes and links HERE. Donate to support our mission of equipping men to push back darkness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get into it.

0:24.0

Our guys today we've got a special guest on the podcast. Her name is Chloe Maloss. So she is a journalist and

0:29.0

an entertainment reporter for CNN and HLN. She's the granddaughter of World War II pilot Frank Murphy, who

0:35.9

authored the book, which is the main subject matter for today's interview. And that's luck of the

0:39.9

draw. Okay. So in this book, Frank Murphy details the almost unbelievable air war that took place

0:46.3

during World War II. Murphy was one of the few survivors from the 100th bombardment group,

0:51.2

aka the bloody 100th. Also in the book, Murphy details when his B17 was shot down over enemy territory

0:57.2

in Germany and spending, you know, almost two years in a German prisoner of war camp. The book is

1:02.9

actually being re-released by St. Martin's press and Chloe and her mother Elizabeth, Frank's daughter,

1:07.8

each wrote four words for the new version, which is a very interesting thing. And this name is going

1:12.4

to sound very familiar to Frank Murphy and some of these other names involved later on this year,

1:16.6

because this story, Frank's story, is going to be featured prominently in an upcoming Apple TV

1:21.6

Plus television show called Masters of the Air, which will release later this year. Like I said,

1:26.1

and the project is headed up by Steven Spielberg and stars Tom Hanks. So this is like a big deal,

1:31.6

like it's going to be a huge thing. And the fact that this book is being re-released, this book

1:36.0

was written by Frank Murphy. And the thing about this book, I read every page of it. And as you're

1:40.0

digging through it, it's incredibly detailed. So if you're a military historian type person,

1:44.3

it's very, very interesting because there's so much detail, but then there's also a narrative arc

1:49.1

because you see that with with these books. Some books just have a narrative. Other books are just

1:53.7

details. This is both. And so I actually gave this book to a buddy of mine that is a pilot and

1:58.6

you know, he's really nerding out on some of the details, whereas I was nerding out on the actual

2:02.8

story because it's a it's a crazy story of resilience because this was a young man that was a

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