PODCAST · news
ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders
by Gannett
Central Ohio military veterans, ranging from World War II to the most recent conflicts and battles even in Yemen, share their war stories with ThisWeek Community News host Scott Hummel.
Episodes
-
Craig Morin of Columbus, Ohio: U.S. Army, Operation Enduring Freedom
Editor’s note: This is the final profile of Marching Orders, season 1. Read previous profiles at ThisWeekNEWS.com/MarchingOrders. Craig Morin, 30, of Columbus was a U.S. Army officer in Afghanistan in 2013 and 2014, advising the Afghan National Army during Operation Enduring Freedom. Morin was…
more -
Michael Pohorilla of New Albany, Ohio: Army Air Corps, World War II
Michael Pohorilla, 95, of New Albany flew 35 combat missions over German-held territory as a first lieutenant and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress navigator in World War II. He was based in Great Britain as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ Eighth Air Force. The 10-man crew on his bomber ranged…
more -
Wally Cash of Hilliard, Ohio: U.S. Navy, World War II
Wally Cash, 93, of Hilliard is among the ever-shrinking ranks of World War II veterans in the United States. Cash spent two years and 10 months in the U.S. Navy and concluded his active service before he was 21 years old. He was a 17-year-old senior at Grandview Heights High School when he…
more -
Edward Taylor III of Pickerington: National Guard, Gulf War
Edward Taylor III, 49, of Pickerington is an Ohio Army National Guard veteran of the 1990-91 Gulf War and served during the 2003-11 Iraq War with the Ohio Air National Guard, for which he still serves as a chief master sergeant. A Canton native, Taylor graduated from McKinley Senior High School…
more -
Dana Robinson-Street, Columbus, Ohio: Navy, Gulf War
Dr. Dana Robinson-Street, 50, of Columbus is a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Navy who served on the destroyer tender, USS Samuel Gompers, during the Gulf War of 1991, including the combat phase of Operation Desert Storm. She was inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 2018. Born and raised…
more -
Bobbie Mershon of Canal Winchester, Ohio: U.S. Army, Vietnam War
Roberta “Bobbie” Jean Mershon, 71, of Canal Winchester treated some of the most badly wounded soldiers of the Vietnam War after she arrived in the country as a 22-year-old Army nurse in 1969. Those severely injured and burned soldiers typically were 19 or 20 years old, she said. “It was just…
more -
Edward Mechenbier of Columbus: Air Force, Vietnam POW
Vietnam War veteran and retired U.S. Air Force Major Gen. Edward Mechenbier, 76, of Columbus was held as a prisoner of war from 1967 to 1973 in North Vietnam, where he was beaten and tortured but survived on as little as 600 to 800 calories a day. The nearly 600 Americans who survived captivity…
more -
Mike Schad of Grove City, Air Force, Korea, Vietnam
Mike Schad, 91, of Grove City is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served during the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The oldest of 11 children, he grew up and graduated from high school in Plainview, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota for a year. Motivated by a…
more -
Richard and Christine Curry of Pickerington, Ohio: U.S. Army, Global War on Terrorism
Husband and wife Richard T. Curry and Christine Curry of Pickerington are U.S. Army veterans who served in Iraq and Kuwait during the War on Terror. Richard Curry grew up in Cincinnati and attended Youngstown State University, New York University and the American Military University. He earned…
more -
Mike Strahle of Westerville: U.S. Marines' Lima Company, Iraq War
Mike Strahle, 34, of Westerville served in the Iraq War in 2005 with the Marine Corps' Columbus-based Company L (known as Lima Company), 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment, as part of Regimental Combat Team 2. Strahle was with the unit when it conducted anti-insurgency operations in Iraq's Al Anbar...
-
Joseph Machado of Baltimore, Ohio: U.S. Army, Vietnam War
Joseph A. Machado of Baltimore is an 80-year-old U.S. Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War in 1966 and 1967 during his 24-year military career. A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Machado grew up there and graduated from high school in 1956. He joined ROTC before graduating from Harvard...
-
Robert Sotak of Upper Arlington, Ohio: U.S. Navy, WWII, Korea
Robert Sotak of Upper Arlington is a 91-year-old U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Sotak was raised in St. Ann’s Infants Home and St. Vincent Orphanage, both in Columbus, after his father died of cancer and his mother of tuberculosis. He graduated from East High School in 1945...
-
Ernest Massie of Gahanna, Ohio: U.S. Navy, Desert Shield, Desert Storm
Ernest C. Massie of Gahanna is a 50-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who served during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991. His father, an Army military policeman during World War II, traveled in his work for defense contractors when Massie was growing up. As a result,...
-
Jeffrey Noble of Dublin, Ohio: U.S. Army, Vietnam War
Jeffrey D. Noble, 74, of Dublin flew an Army helicopter gunship during the Vietnam War with Company B, 9th Aviation Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, and went on to have a 25-year career in the Army. “I wouldn’t trade one day of the 25 years for anything in the world,” he said. After graduating...
-
Angela Beltz of Reynoldsburg, Ohio: Ohio Army National Guard, Gulf War
Angela Beltz of Reynoldsburg is a 49-year-old Ohio National Guard veteran who served in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991. Beltz’ military career started after her junior year in high school, having joined the North Dakota Army National Guard in 1986. She grew up...
-
Jerry Vance of Hilliard, Ohio: Vietnam War
Jerry Vance of Hilliard is a 75-year-old Vietnam War veteran who served two tours in Thailand as a U.S. Air Force pilot. The first in 1968-69 was part of a 60-day temporary-duty assignment with the Young Tigers aerial refueling wing stationed in U-Tapao, about 87 miles southeast of Bangkok near…
more -
Jason Goldsmith of Powell, Ohio: Iraq war
Jason Goldsmith of Powell is a 37-year-old Iraq War veteran who was part of the U.S. Army’s 660th Transportation Company based in Zanesville. Goldsmith enlisted in 2000. At the time, he said, he couldn’t envision actually participating in a war type of scenario. “When I initially joined, I – not…
more -
Ted Mosure of Westerville, Ohio: Vietnam War
John T. “Ted” Mosure of Westerville is a 69-year-old Vietnam War veteran who was part of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 1 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in Coronado, California. An Ohio State University student at the time, he enlisted in February 1968, shortly after the Tet Offensive – a North...
-
Robert Burr of Delaware, Ohio: Korean War
Robert Burr is an 87-year-old Delaware resident who served in the Korean War. Just before joining the U.S. Army in 1951, Burr was quarreling with his girlfriend and didn't like his job, he said. He had intended to join the U.S. Air Force, he said, but the recruiting officer told him the Air…
more -
Don Jakeway of Johnstown, Ohio: World War II
Don Jakeway of Johnstown is a 95-year-old World War II U.S. Army veteran who was dropped behind enemy lines just prior to the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944, as part of the elite 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. His parachute landed in a tree next to a church in...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
Central Ohio military veterans, ranging from World War II to the most recent conflicts and battles even in Yemen, share their war stories with ThisWeek Community News host Scott Hummel.
HOSTED BY
Gannett
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders have?
ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders currently has 20 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders about?
Central Ohio military veterans, ranging from World War II to the most recent conflicts and battles even in Yemen, share their war stories with ThisWeek Community News host Scott Hummel.
How often does ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders release new episodes?
ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders has 20 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders?
You can listen to ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders?
ThisWeek Community News: Marching Orders is created and hosted by Gannett.
URL copied to clipboard!