Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Episode 15: Almost Instant Integration
The United States military desegregated after WWII. Returning veteran Air Force veteran George Hardy shares his experience serving during this transition into the Korean War, and we track political white backlash nationally.
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Episode 14: So What Did World War II Change, Really?
World War II engulfed soldiers and civilians in a way those in the United States have not experienced in a near capacity since. In the final episode of this season, historians Myke Cole and Anastacia Marx de Salcedo help us make sense of evolving service in WWII combat and cuisine.
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Episode 13: They Were Fond of Sweets
World War II transformed women’s service both in the U.S. Armed Forces, but they had to work twice as hard for half the pay. Army Nurse Victoria Louise Kambic found a bag of sweets in her pocket helped.
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Episode 12: He Lied to Get in the Marines… Then World War II Broke Out
17-year old Norman Rubin joined the Marines during the Great Depression. 24 years later, he’d guarded President Roosevelt, stormed the Pacific, gotten married, become a major, and been very well fed.
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Episode 11: All’s Fair in War and Lasting Love
This season’s veterans return to share their love stories, in a tribute to the women who supported them during World War II… and long after.
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Episode 10: Navy Cooking at 110%
With Ray Boutwell, Navy Cook Feeding squadrons of pilots and hungry officers trained Ray Boutwell for a life in food service.
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Episode 9: We Were Treated Like Kings
Did income and education make a difference in how our service members fought or ate during World war 2? Listen along as Navy lieutenant Robert Hanson guides us through PT boat combat and island cuisine in this story of service and sacrifice.
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Episode 8: When You Look Like the Enemy…
Follow Japanese American veteran Lawson Ichiro Sakai’s Service story from his family farm in Montebello, California through to the segregated 442nd Regimental Combat Team’s sacrifice as they proved their patriotism in the European theatre.
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Episode 7: “Dad, I Can’t Talk About It”
Why do some veterans stay quiet? And how can civilians help?
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Episode 6: Farming for the Front Lines
Harold Bud Long hoped his wartime production work with the Curtiss-Wright company would keep him both off the farm and away from the front lines. Instead, his Service took him all through Europe, with k rations as his main source of food all along the way.
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