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The Last of the Greatest: Stories from WWII Veterans

Morning Wire

The Daily Wire

Daily News, News

4.925.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this moving Memorial Day special, Marine veteran and author Andrew Biggio joins Morning Wire to share unforgettable stories from his seven-year journey documenting the last living World War II veterans. Through emotional reunions, battlefield pilgrimages, and the symbolic power of a single M1 rifle, Biggio preserves the fading voices of the Greatest Generation reflecting how their strength, sacrifice, and resilience continue to shape his own life. Get the facts first on Morning Wire. Get 15% off your Lumen at Lumen.me/WIRE

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0:00.0

Andrew Bidgio is a marine veteran and author of The Rifle.

0:05.4

He spent years traveling around the country collecting the stories of America's last living

0:10.6

World War II veterans, all of whom are now in their late 90s or early hundreds.

0:15.8

In this episode, we hear from Bidio about the stories he was able to document from our last

0:20.0

few veterans from the

0:21.2

greatest generation and how their stories helped him process his own experience as a Marine.

0:26.5

I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Monday, May 26th, and this is

0:31.7

a special Memorial Day edition of Morning Wire.

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