War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. host, James Early. Hey, everybody.

This is James coming to you with another clip from another one of our podcasts in the Parthenon

podcast network.

This month, we are featuring the outstanding podcast Eyewitness History by Josh Cohen.

I've spoken many times about this podcast before. I can't recommend it enough.

Josh interviews people who were there when history was happening, everything from someone who

survived Auschwitz to World War II veterans, to Vietnam veterans, to people who were on the

writing staff at Saturday Night Live, to the person who produced the Fleetwood Mac

classic album rumors, and everything in between. In this particular clip, former Vietnam War veteran

and tunnel rat Nick Sanzah discusses his experience overseas, what it's like

coming from a long lineage of military service, and what he learned from the tunnels in this

interview. I've listened to this entire episode, and it is really top-notch. So enjoy this sample

clip, and then once you finish listening to it, go on over and subscribe to the eyewitness history

podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or Google or any other podcast platform that you enjoy.

Here is the clip. Enjoy.

One thing I'm very interested to talk with you about Nick, and I think you hinted at a little bit in your last answer here.

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