Joining me in this episode is Ken Campbell. Ken has a background in history and works in education. Last year he contributed to the 1943 series with a similar episode discussing two movies that were released in 1943 - This is the Army and Destination Tokyo. For the 1944 series, Ken chose Tunisian Victory and 30 Seconds Over Tokyo.

Links

Why We Fight ~ 1943 Episode 63: Hollywood and the American War Effort in 1943 (Apple Podcasts) (Spotify)

Mother of Tanks website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/)

Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks)

This episode turned out slightly different than expected but it's a great one! Dr. Myra Miller joins me to share the story of how learning about her father's experience in World War II literally changed her life and her family's connection to this history. Dr. Miller has done some incredible work to make the history of the 83rd Infantry more accessible, as well as other work with documentaries and publications.

Links

Footsteps Researchers (⁠https://www.footstepsresearchers.com/founders⁠)

Solder Stories Vol. I (Amazon)

Soldier Stories Vol. II (Amazon)

Myron H. Miller (https://db.83rdinfdivdocs.org/share/a5fad8b8-5c5d-48ba-9082-0bacfec00994)

Morning Reports (https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/docs/morning-reports)

83rd Infantry Division After Action Reports (https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/units/83rd-id)

83rd Infantry Division Newspapers (https://83rdinfdivdocs.org/docs/newspapers)

KINGSIZE | Lost WWII B-24 Bomber Identified After 78 Years

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGQRsNuZ-c)

SNAFO DOCS (https://www.youtube.com/SNAFUDOCS)

Reveille (https://www.reveillefilm.com/about)

Mother of Tanks website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/)

Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks)

In this episode, Dr. Mitchell Yockelson joins me to talk about the history between American General Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and how their professional relationship was clearly more than simply colleagues but far from "besties".

Links

Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I (Amazon)

Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918 (Amazon)

The Paratrooper Generals: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and the American Airborne from D-Day through Normandy (Amazon)

MacArthur: America's General (Amazon)

Dr. Mitchell Yockelson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchyockelson)

Mother of Tanks website (http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/)

Bonus Content (https://www.patreon.com/c/motheroftanks)