Sunday, August 28, 2022

The Valiant Virgin, the Lady in Red, and the Richest Man in Town


The most recent episode of War As My Father's Tank Battalion Knew It was about Bob Levine, who recently passed away at the age of 97. It was Bob who said to me, "If you want stories, you've got to interview prisoners of war," and that's what got me started doing just that. Today I'd like you to meet Hal Mapes, one of those POWs.

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Sunday, June 19, 2022

The Kassel Mission: George Noorigian


   George Noorigian is one of the fliers featured in my new book, "Up Above the Clouds to Die," about the most spectacular air battle you've probably never heard of.

   Read an excerpt from the book at aaronelson.com or check out the "Look Inside the Book" feature at amazon.

   This episode is my full interview with Noorigian, which is excerpted in the book.


Podcast: Lieutenant Tarr's Platoon

Saturday, March 12, 2022

Episode 101 Jack Prior


War As My Father's Tank Battalion Knew It is a podcast about the 712th Tank Battalion in particular and World War II in general. I'm Aaron Elson. In 2005 I recorded this interview with Dr. Jack Prior, a battalion surgeon in the 10th Armored Division. If you've seen Band of Brothers, and who hasn't, you'll likely remember the young Belgian nurse who has a romance with an American soldier, and is killed in the shelling. The real-life nurse on whom the character is based was Renee Lemaire, the "Angel of Bastogne," who was killed on Christmas Eve when Dr. Prior's makeshift hospital was bombed, and was buried in a parachute she had hoped to use to make her wedding dress.

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Saturday, February 19, 2022

A Marine on Tinian: Part 2


Thank you for sticking with War As My Father's Tank Battalion Knew It for the past three months while I was rewriting and expanding my first book, Tanks for the Memories, now available at aaronelson.com, ebay and amazon. War As My Father's Tank Battalion is about the 712th Tank Battalion in particular and World War II in particular. Bob Hamant was a Marine who spent a year on the island of Tinian.


Podcast: Lieutenant Tarr's Platoon