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The History of WWII Podcast

Episode 282-Interview with Peter Lion about his book: Merg

The History of WWII Podcast

Ray Harris Jr

Education, History, Society & Culture

4.44.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Peter Lion joins up to talk about the incredible George Mergenthaler, the sole heir to a vast fortune, but after Pearl Harbor, he joined the US Army as a buck private, only wanting to do his part. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello. And thank you for listening to the history of World War II podcast. Episode 282.

1:04.0

Interview with Peter Lyon about his book, Merck. The true story of one World War II soldiers

1:11.1

selfless active valor that one town never forgot. Peter Lyon is a seven-time Emmy award-winning

1:18.6

producer, director and writer. His first book, American St. Nick, is the true story of how a

1:25.2

handful of American soldiers brought Christmas back to a small war in town during the darkest days

1:32.1

of World War II. And today we will discuss his follow-up success, Merck. Mr. Lyon, thank you

1:39.7

very much for being with us today. It's a pleasure to talk to you, right? This is something I've been

1:45.6

looking forward to for quite some time. I appreciate that. Now, before we jump into this, I just have to say,

1:51.5

by the time I finished reading your book, and yes, there were some tears. I enjoyed the fact that

1:59.1

it's a story about someone who was humble, who was giving, who was thinking about other people,

2:05.4

and then you throw on the fact that he comes from a mega rich family, Hollywood Good looks,

2:11.1

can speak numerous languages. He has the best of everything. The world is literally on a silver

2:16.4

plate for him, and yet he spends most of his time thinking about other people. It's this

2:21.9

feel-good story, right smack dab in the middle of World War II. You're absolutely right, and in fact,

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