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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

SKIES OF THUNDER (PART TWO) VINEGAR JOE'S DREAM, FLYIING "THE HUMP"

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Caroline Alexander gives us the hard facts on Vinegar Joe Stillwell and his treatment of his special forces (Merrill's Marauders) then outlines the dangers of flying over the "Hump" as well as what we learned from the hard experience gained in the CBI Theater.

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to one thousand heroes, legends, histories, and mysteries podcast. This is your

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host John Hagenorn and this is part two of skies of thunder

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with Carolyn Alexander,

1:27.0

with a great deal of story yet to tell.

1:29.4

And even when she's finished today,

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there'll still be 90% of the story left in this fantastic book.

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We're just bringing up small pieces of this huge saga which really deserves to be

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an HBO multi-series show about this entire theater of war, so little known by so many people and so much sacrifice to so much bravery.

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Carolyn, it's good to have you back with us.

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Thank you.

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We're now in the valley of death and we're talking about the pilots and how they survived the heroin

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