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Archive for October 2022

New Exhibit at the National WWII Museum - Expressions of America

I wanted to bring attention to a fantastic new multimedia exhibit at the National WWII Museum, which opened on Veterans Day. I attended a special pre-opening launch on November 10th for "invited guests only." It was beyond spectacular. And I urge everyone to reserve their tickets early before they sell out. Check their website for showtimes.

Expressions of America is a first-of-its-kind nighttime sound and light experience celebrating the power of individual Americans to impact the world around them during a time of monumental conflict. Available exclusively at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans starting on Veterans Day 2022, Expressions of America will immerse audiences in written words, songs, and personal reflections of the everyday men and women who served our country in every way imaginable during World War II. Generously presented by the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation, Expressions of America will uniquely combine the latest outdoor projection technology with wartime letters and oral histories from the Museum’s collection to allow audiences to experience the stories of the WWII generation like never before. Check out the Teaser/Trailer below.

Monday

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November Guests Coming to Point of the Spear

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We’ve got some outstanding guests coming up in November on Point of the Spear. Click that subscribe button so you don’t miss a moment—kicking off the month the story of Churchill’’s desperadoes, the British SAS in WWII with author Damien Lewis. Then, the epic tale of a WWII Army Ranger Battalion ordered to seize a hill from the Germans and hold it till the last man in The Last Hill with author Tom Clavin. And later in the month the extraordinary untold story of two Marine regiments who battled each other on the football field on Christmas Eve 1944 in the Mosquito Bowl. Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger will tell us about his new bestselling book. All this and much more coming your way in November.

Sunday

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Second Half of October Point of the Spear Guests

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We rounded out the month with two great guests on the Point of the Spear podcast. On October 19th award-winning journalist Andrew Dubbins appeared on the show. Andrew is an award-winning journalist and author, based in Los Angeles. His book is called, Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS. LISTEN.

On October 26th, we finished the month with author Samuel De Korte, whose written a new history of the 614th TD battalion. The 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion saw combat in France, where a platoon earned the Presidential Unit Citation, and later continued to fight gallantly in Germany and Austria until the war was over. LISTEN.

Thursday

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U.S. Marine Who Dodged the Bullet of a Taliban Sniper

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Join Robert Child for a conversation with U.S. Marine Sergeant and author Bill Bee. Bill enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2000 and served four years with Lima Company, Third Battalion Sixth Marine Regiment as an infantry rifleman. He completed multiple deployments to Afghanistan and one to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His cowritten book with Wills Robinson is called, The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War on Terror. LISTEN NOW

Wednesday

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Discover the Female CIA Agents who Changed the Future of Espionage

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Nathalia Holt stopped by the podcast to discuss her great new book, Wise Gals. Nathalia is the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, The Queens of Animation, and Cured. She has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, PBS, and Time. Her book is called, Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage. LISTEN NOW

Thursday

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First Original Production for Youtube The Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln

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I'm pleased to announce that we've begun a new series of Original Productions for Youtube. The Youtube platform has become the place to "stream and be seen" these days with over 2.6 billion active monthly users. It truly is the behemoth of the streaming world today. I had resisted creating original content for the platform for years but I have seen the view counts that my Janson Media distributed military history documentaries have generated and it is eye-opening. The views are in the millions.

So when you have a moment check out The Last Hours of Abraham Lincoln. More about the show: Few Americans alive today are unaware that our sixteenth President, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated while in office. It has been a part of American history textbooks for generations. But unanswered questions and little-known facts about his final hours remain, which are both revealing and disturbing. And it has been contended by forensic anthropologists that the President was dying months before the fatal shot, which ended his life.