EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 1H 54M
Part 1 Captured: One Marine's Fight to Survive the Iranian Revolution
from Making Shooters Better · host Terry Vaughan
What happens when the post you’re sworn to protect becomes the place you’re taken from?In this first part of a two-part episode, former U.S. Marine Ken Kraus takes us inside the opening moments of the 1979 Iranian Revolution—from standing watch at the American Embassy in Tehran… to being wounded, captured, and dragged into a system he doesn’t understand.This isn’t a typical interview. It’s a story—told as it happened.You’ll hear the confusion, the silence, the questions with no answers… and the slow, chilling realization that he’s been taken somewhere far worse than he imagined.Cut off from time, control, and certainty, Ken begins to understand one thing:This is just the beginning.Part 2 drops next Thursday… and that’s where the real test begins.
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What happens when the post you’re sworn to protect becomes the place you’re taken from? In this first part of a two-part episode, former U.S. Marine Ken Kraus takes us inside the opening moments of the 1979 Iranian Revolution—from standing watch at the American Embassy in Tehran… to being wounded, captured, and dragged into a system he doesn’t understand. This isn’t a typical interview. It’s a story—told as it happened. You’ll hear the confusion, the silence, the questions with no answers… an...
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Part 1 Captured: One Marine's Fight to Survive the Iranian Revolution
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