S9 E10 - Joe Beyrle - The Paratrooper Who Fought for Two Flags

Paratrooper Joseph “Jumpin’ Joe” Beyrle dropped into Nazi-occupied France before D-Day, was captured, escaped German POW camps not once, but twice, joined a Soviet tank unit under a female commander, and helped storm Berlin — all before his 22nd birthday. Theme song written and recorded by Alan Hunt Story researched and written by Tracy Preston Original artwork by Todd Preston Sound Effects from Uppbeat:  heartbeat-steady-rhythm-loop-the-foundation-1-00-17.mps / Light-aircraft-passing-overhead-gfx-sounds-1-00-09.mp3 / crowd-applause-small-gfx-sounds-1-00-09.mp3 / military-marching-snare-intro-om-fx-1-00-11.mp3 Sources: U.S. Army Official History: U.S. Army article, “D-Day Vet’s Memory Jumps the Divide Between U.S. and Russia” → https://www.army.mil/article/127489 Military.com Feature: “The D-Day Story of Joseph Beyrle — The Only Man to Fight for Both the U.S. and Soviet Armies” → https://www.military.com/history/d-day-story-joseph-beryle.html Smithsonian Magazine: “Jumpin’ Joe Beyrle: The American Who Fought for the Soviets” → https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-paratrooper-who-fought-for-the-soviets-180951452/ National WWII Museum, New Orleans: Oral history excerpts and archival biography → https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/joseph-beyrle Wikipedia (Cross-checked historical record): Joseph R. Beyrle → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beyrle Book Reference: Thomas H. Taylor, Behind Hitler’s Lines: The True Story of the Only Soldier to Fight for Both America and the Soviet Union in World War II. (St. Martin’s Press, 2003) — Beyrle’s authorized biography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WChTqYlDjtI&list=RDWChTqYlDjtI&start_radio=1