Veterans Day Podcasts
To commemorate Veterans Day, ABC elective students are taking a day off from their regularly scheduled podcast review to listen to their choice of podcast episodes from various historical reference subscriptions that contain US Veteran accounts of their days of service.
“The War” podcast is an offshoot of “The War” PBS documentary directed by Ken Burns. It contains a series of short 2-3 minute video clips of Veteran interviews intertwined with photography from World War II between the Allied Forces and “The Axis of Evil,” Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Imperial Army of Japan. Featured interviews include recounts of enlisting into the armed forces, near brushes with death as a soldier in Europe and prisoner of war in Japan, and even the silent battles of prejudice fought by Veterans of color. Find them here.
Sunset High School’s “Honor by Listening” podcast is an on-going project by students to interview veterans of World War II and the Korean War about their experiences. Find their 20-30 minute audio interviews here.
“In Their Boots” is an online magazine documenting the real life stories of current veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. There are two seasons available to review, download, and play here. Consider watching the “Veteran’s Day Special” episode.
