Episode 15: Almost Instant Integration
Tag: Service Stories
Episode 14: So What Did World War II Change, Really?
Historians Myke Cole and Anastacia Marx de Salcedo help us track what changed in combat and cuisine.
(more…)Episode 13: They Were Fond of Sweets
Whether wounded troops or children, Army nurse and Sister Melanie Kambic tempted with candy and kindness.
(more…)Episode 12: He Lied to Get in the Marines… Then World War II Broke Out
During the Great Depression, the Marines clothed and fed a young Norman Rubin. “They had a man for life!”
(more…)Episode 11: All’s Fair in War and Lasting Love
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.
(more…)Episode 9: We Were Treated Like Kings
With Lieutenant Robert Hanson, Navy
Did education and affluence affect how our World War 2 veterans served and had their hunger satiated?
(more…)Episode 8: When You Look Like the Enemy…
With Lawson Ichiro Sakai, Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Connecting service and sacrifice of the interred Japanese farmers and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
(more…)Episode 6: Farming for the Front Lines
With Harold Bud Long, Air Corps
Moving food around the globe was about more than just feeding service members and civilians.
(more…)Episode 5: Food Service Within the Service
With William Walker, Navy
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