Episodes
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From the Philippines to Victory: The Final Campaigns of the 164th Infantry
In this episode of The Past Less Travelled, we continue the story of North Dakota’s 164th Infantry Regiment as the Pacific War moves toward its final chapters.After enduring some of the harshest combat conditions of the war on Guadalcanal, the men of the 164th arrive on Bougainville hardened,...
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The 164th on Bougainville
Host Brandon Delvo and guest Casey Beck dive deep into the 164th Infantry Regiment’s fierce campaign on Bougainville — a turning point where lessons from Guadalcanal met new challenges in jungle warfare. 🌴💥 From mud-choked trails to coordinated air and artillery strikes, the 164th adapted,...
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Now’s the Time: Preserving the Story of the 164th Infantry with Casey Beck
🎙️ Episode Background In this powerful new episode of The Past Less Travelled, host Brandon Delvo sits down with Casey Beck to discuss the remarkable story of North Dakota’s own 164th Infantry Regiment — a unit whose legacy stretches from the prairies to the jungles of Guadalcanal. 🇺🇸 As the...
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From the Dakotas to The Pacific: The 164th Infantry Regiment in WWII
Description: In this 45-minute episode of The Past Less Travelled, we follow the North Dakota National Guard’s 164th Infantry Regiment from prairie drills to brutal island warfare—becoming the first U.S. Army regiment to reinforce the Marines at Guadalcanal, being the first U.S. Army unit to…
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Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1. A Review
In this latest episode I took the time the other night to sit down and watch "Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1." Overall, a great movie with a great story, but there are a few things I wanted to discuss regarding authenticity and the need for proper technical advising, especially when it comes...
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Leif Halvorson: The American Fur Trade, Frontier Diplomats, and Fort Union Trading Post
Join us for an engaging conversation with Leif Halvorson, Summer Seasonal Ranger at Fort Union Trading Post, as we delve into the fascinating history of the American Fur Trade. In this video, Leif explains how the trade system worked, the significance of Fort Union, and what life was like during...
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Chris Hoffert: The Little Big Horn, Military Experience to History, and Film making
In this episode I get to talk with Chris Hoffert, an Army combat veteran with over twenty years of personal study and research on the Little Bighorn battle and is an award-winning director with over fifteen years of film experience. He is also a Custer Battlefield Preservation Committee lifetime...
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Will Eichler: Diving into the world of history!
Dive into the world of history with special guest, Will Eichler! In this episode, we sit down with Will, Director of Photography for the NBC series, "Chicago Fire," as we talk about everything from music, storytelling, Civil War Digital Digest, HistoryFix and more! As a co-founder of Civil War...
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Alec Stork: Talking History Events, Planning, and a whole list of Summer Living History Events
In this episode we talk to Alec Stork, Vice President of the 5th Minnesota Infantry Co. D- Living History Group, based out of North Dakota and Minnesota, he is a 'Cultural Interpreter' at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park and is currently pursuing his Bachelor's Degree in History at the University…
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Austin Haney: Talking Living History, Tough Subjects and, “Nothing Like it in the Territory”
Austin Haney, a lifelong Northern Montana resident, historian, and reenactor who is passionate about Montana and the Canadian West. Formerly an interpretive ranger with the National Park Service, he currently works as a museum educator for Fort Missoula and as a guest lecturer for Humanities...
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Investing in your history organization
In this episode, I go into detail on why it is important to invest in your history organization. Elements of marketing community engagement, lobbying and fundraising are all very key elements in making your group grow and succeed overtime sit back, relax, as I share some of my past experiences…
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Making the Investment in History: Debunking Myths and Telling Some Hard Truths
I recently came across an article on debunking some myths about the history field. It was a fairly lengthy read, but it was an important one that backed it with some pretty impressive data. It went into the need and push to keep history programs alive and why organizations or historical entities...
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Segments of the Fur Trade: Karl Koster
The Fur Trade is a segment of American history that at times may be forgotten. The Fur Trade was a very lucrative business that helped such men as John Jacob Astor make millions and millions of dollars. It was a trade, and time, that had its dangers, but was also one of a peaceable and mutual...
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Frontier Duty: Living Historians Casey Beck & Alec Stork
Casey Beck and Alec Stork literally came out of the time machine! They had just finished an event out at Fort Sisseton, or also known as Fort Wadsworth, in South Dakota this weekend and swung by my house on their way home and had a chat with me about all that is entailed with a first-person...
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Living Historian Leif Halvorson
Leif Halvorson wears many hats, and one of those is a top hat, literally! Leif Halvorson has always had an interest in history and he decided to take that one step further by actually doing it. I recently sat down via ZOOM and Facebook Live @pastlesstravelled and we had a great discussion about…
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Living History Month: Brandon Lewis
Brandon Lewis, of Cody Wyoming, has been a living historian for many years. Brandon has a wealth of experience in living history interpretation and he uses those skills in his everyday job too at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in the Draper Natural History Museum as a Raptor Program…
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Memorial Day Movie-thon: Rory & Cody Cowan
Memorial Day is a time that we, Americans, take the time to honor those who, as Abraham Lincoln said, "Gave the last full measure of devotion" in the service of the United States. We may also remember Memorial Day for the War Movie Marathons that are on TV. I recently sat down with two friends of...
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Mother's Day Special: Jessica Delvo
For Mother's Day I thought it would be a great opportunity to sit down with the love of my life, and mother to our two amazing children, and have a conversation with her about what it's like being married not just to someone who has an interest in history, but someone who also does living…
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First Class Titanic Treatment: Mark Chaffee
April is a big month for history, we have everything from the beginning and ending of the Civil War and the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic, one of the most famous maritime disasters. Today, I sat down with Mark Chaffee, who is the grandson of Herbert, more commonly known as HF, and Carrie Chaffee...
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The Violent Road to Death
In this episode I talk about a little known, or more forgotten story of one of the biggest manhunts in Canadian history that ties into a story told to me by my grandfather. The Albert Johnson manhunt and the Johnny Johnson story have all the makings of a good movie: the foot pursuit, shootouts,...
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First Episode: About me, philosophy and National Medal of Honor Day
The first of hopefully many episodes where we delve a little deeper into history. A little bit about me, how I got interested in history and living history and we go into National Medal of Honor Day by highlighting a few ND Medal of Honor Winners such as Woodrow Wilson Keeble, Willis Downs and go...
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