The Warrior Next Door Podcast

Mar 03 2025 243 ep. 50 mins 107
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We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield. We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!

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Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 4/6 SERIES 54

Mar 03 2025 46 mins  
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 4 of the Bill Mauch series. Bill talks about the reason for invading Peleliu and provides some intense moments from the battle. He also talks about the landing on Okinawa. Support the show

Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 3/6 SERIES 54

Feb 24 2025 38 mins  
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 3 of the Bill Mauch series. In this episode Bill discusses the training on Pavuvu and Guadalcanal before the invading Peleliu in the fall of 1944. Support the show

Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 2/6 SERIES 54

Feb 17 2025 49 mins  
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 2 of the Bill Mauch series. In this episode Bill talks about being assigned to the 8th Amphibious Tactor Battalion and he ships out for the Pacific Theater. Support the show

🔒 PREMIUM EDITION Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII SERIES 54

Feb 10 2025 259 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text Welcome to the Premium Subscriber edition of the Bill Mauch series. This is the story of Bill Mauch from Sapulpa, OK who served in the 8th Amphibious Tractor Battalion attached to the 1st Marine Division. He fought in WWII on the islands of Peleliu and Okinawa.

Sgt Bill Mauch 8th AMTAC Battalion, 1st Marine Div, Peleliu, Okinawa WWII - Episode 1/6 SERIES 54

Feb 10 2025 44 mins  
Send us a text Welcome to Episode 1 of the 6 part Bill Mauch series. In this episode we meet Sapulpa, OK native Bill Mauch as he tells us how he got involved in WWII and we learn about his training. Support the show

AIR RAID EDITION! Tony and Ryan explore the USO! SERIES 53

Feb 05 2025 39 mins  
Send us a text Many of the vets we've interviewed have had SOMETHING to say about the USO. So, in this Air Raid Edition, we share some of the remembrances and unpack why this was so important to the veterans we've interviewed. Support the show

TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - PART 2 of 2 SERIES 52

Feb 03 2025 50 mins  
Send us a text Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on his podcast in November of 2024. In this episode we share clips from an interview with Jack Hamlin, who was a rescue diver f

🔒 TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - Subscriber only - ALL PARTS SERIES 52

Jan 27 2025 118 mins  
Subscriber-only episode Send us a text Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on his podcast in November of 2024. In this episode we share how we were able to meet and interview Don

TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - PART 1 of 2 SERIES 52

Jan 27 2025 67 mins  
Send us a text Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on his podcast in November of 2024. In this episode we share how we were able to meet and interview Donald Miller, the author o

AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe - PART 2 of 2 SERIES 51

Jan 25 2025 53 mins  
Send us a text We announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional content for TWND that our listeners may enjoy. These include historically rich locations around Wiltz, a field trip with Berten a