Ep 679: The Dana Download with Dana Arschin and guest Aimee Gagnan Fogg on hmTv

Send us Fan MailThe Dana Download | Ep. 679: Aimee Gagnon Fogg — Preserving the Ritchie Boys’ Stories | HMTCEvery Memorial Day, Aimee Gagnon Fogg places Kurt Jacobs’s photograph at his grave in Belgium. One face is still missing: fellow Ritchie Boy Murray Zappler’s.On The Dana Download, host Dana Arschin speaks with Aimee, founder of They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, about preserving the lives of nearly 8,400 American WWII service members buried or commemorated there. Her search began with her great-uncle, PFC Paul M. Lavoie, who was killed in Germany at age 21, and has grown into research on approximately 2,200 service members.Aimee traces the journeys of Jewish refugees Kurt Jacobs and Murray Zappler, who returned to Europe as U.S. military intelligence specialists. Their stories affirm her belief that there is no “us versus them.” Each recovered name, photograph, and memory restores individuality and becomes a small victory for humanity.The Dana Download on hmTv | Host: Dana Arschin | Guest: Aimee Gagnon FoggA production of the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County🔗You can follow Aimee’s work on Facebook at They Speak: Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.🎧hmtcli.org📺buzzsprout.com/2449781youtube.com/@hmTv-hmtcCHAPTERS0:00 Introduction1:16 How Aimee found The Dana Download3:31 Anne Frank and a lifelong mission5:54 Creating They Speak6:31 Finding PFC Paul M. Lavoie10:46 Who were the Ritchie Boys?13:16 Kurt Jacobs and Murray Zappler18:46 Recovering and remembering two soldiers21:10 A photograph as a victory for humanity23:19 The search for Murray’s photograph24:10 What comes next25:26 “There is only us”28:05 ClosingHASHTAGS#TheDanaDownload #Veterans #Service #Remembrance #HMTCSupport the show