Episode 28: War Never Changes

Join lifelong Oregonian Marcus Axford as he dives into one of the darkest chapters of human history, and the role Oregonians played in World War II. Sources: John Bruning's book: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Three-Days-Starvation-Island-Aviation-ebook/dp/B08W51D8W5⁠ https://www.worldhistory.org/war/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_al-Rammah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun#:~:text=The%20first%20devices%20identified%20as,Eurasia%20during%20the%2014th%20century. https://www.britannica.com/technology/biological-weapon/Biological-weapons-in-history https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/geneva_conventions_and_their_additional_protocols#:~:text=The%20Geneva%20Conventions%20and%20their,become%20victims%20of%20armed%20conflicts. https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196674/aaf-prisoners-of-the-germans/#:~:text=Germany%20was%20a%20signatory%20of,German%20World%20War%20II%20camps. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Connecticut_(1938) https://mynorthwest.com/668492/mysteries-remain-75-years-after-japanese-attack-on-columbia-river/ https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1961/june/i-bombed-usa https://www.brookings.or.us/291/Fujita-Sword#:~:text=Fifty%20years%20after%20the%20bombing,for%20his%20continued%20peace%20efforts. https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/threats-bombs.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Fujita https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1942/halsey-doolittle-raid.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_E._Mitchell https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197901890/betty-janet-mitchell https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt00000001UPaEAM https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/fort_stevens/#:~:text=Fort%20Stevens%20saw%20no%20combat%20during%20World,18th%20Coast%20Artillery%20Regiment%2C%20augmented%20by%20the https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/balloon_bombs/