Dog Tags & Paper Hearts

The surprising wartime output of beloved creators. Also, Johnny explains why he doesn't want to man the machine gun.Links:Browning M1917Private Snafu film archiveSpotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny games the system and finds beauty in darkness.Links:1.               The Hat Man: Legend, Sightings, and what it might mean2.               TS Card | The Chaplain Kit Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny learns that the army changes rules frequently.Links:The Big Lie about the US Army. What the US Army is not telling the American People. | What Life in the Army is really like.Speed Marching in Military Boots: The Walk-To-Run Transition Speed and Vertical Ground Reaction ForcesAmerican Veterans Center  Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Christmas gratitude, getting lost and the thoughts of a soldier.Links:Why Do We Let Kids Sit On Santa's Lap? The Tradition Dates Back To 1890Training the American GI | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansSpotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

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Johnny describes combat patrol, frets over gifts and makes an inquiry.Links:Footage from USO ClubsThe Andrews Sisters sing Don’t Fence Me In Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny is tested. So much content about animals!Links: The Buzzard and The MonkeyConey Island Hot Dogs  Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny receives mail, encourages Mary to seek a hardship discharge and plans a phone call.Links:Battle of the BulgeMore Weird NewsMail CallHardship Discharge  Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny describes exercises and a creative way to do laundry.Links:Disappearance of Glenn MillerLog ExercisesSander’s Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny is put on detail, loses his cool and describes guard duty. Links:1.               Mail Delivery2.               Lynda Day George3.               Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr  Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

This blankety blank basic training continues, with increasingly dire stakes.Links:1.               Blankety Blank2.               Bayonet training3.               I’m Making Believe  Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Training on the rifle field intensifies.Links:1.         Mary Noble, Backstage Wife2.         Young Widder Brown3.         Just Plain Bill  Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Silhouette targets are introduced on the firing range.Links:Honorable Service Lapel Button Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

This one's a Lulu! Like the Detroit Institute of Arts, this episode's gotta have art! Links:Frenchman’s Creek (movie)September MornNeed of Religious ToleranceMain StemDetroit Institute of Art ad from 1976 Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny finds himself solidly in the sharpshooter range while lamenting his physical ailments.Links:Operation ClipperConstipation in the Army – Combat MedicineHenry VTranslation and text Beim ersten Mal tut's noch weh - Hans Albers Spotify songs:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMrPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny scrubs, scours and peels.Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny learns some important facts about keeping healthy during wartime.Links:The Philippine Diary Project – November 17, 1944Target Snafu – Warner Bros. cartoon on malariaMalaria DisciplinePlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny goes to the dentist and craves fudge. Reunited after 80 years!Links:JAG Podcast Productionswww.jagpodcastproductions.com@[email protected] Globe article about finding lost WWII Dog TagsHow WWII Changed the Way We Make Car TiresPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny experiences some telephone frustrations.Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Musings and memories of the man behind these letters.Notes:1.  Tender Comrade2.  Point WestPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Basic training gets real and Johnny's hunger increases.Notes:Basic Training for DummiesArmistice Day - The Detroit Historical SocietyPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny proposes a solid plan for weight gain.Links:Servicemen’s Editions of newspapersXylophones Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny details the bivouac experience.Links:C-RationsFoxholesPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny "enjoys" the calm before the storm.Links:This Is Why We Call A Turkey's Tailbone The Pope's NoseThe Parson’s Nose – The Chiddicks Family TreePlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

All the fun of basic training! Bivouacs, KP, personal concealment and washing socks. All this, and Johnny makes some bosom buddies.Links:BivouacArmy Field Manual 20-3Bosom BuddiesPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny muses on the hardships of basic training, gets a haircut and explains how to use the coal burning stove.Links:Halloween on the Home Front | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansGarry MyersPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Basic training is just getting started as Johnny longs for the little pleasures back home.Links:FDR Speech on Navy Day:Audio - FDR Audio Recordings - FDR Presidential Library & MuseumTranscript - Election 1944: Address by Roosevelt at Shibe Park, PA (10-27-44) - The TimeGhost ArmyPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny describes like at camp gearing up for basic training.Links:Chewing Gum, Candy Bars and BeerMairzy DoatsPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny changes barracks and questions the quality of Army entertainment.Links:Ration pointsSex hygiene films in the army Newsreel: The Invasion of ItalyBlack AcesPlease – part 1  part 2Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny describes a day in the life of basic training and relates some jokes.Links:Volkssturm – Volkssturm - WikipediaViktor Ullmann - Viktor Ullmann Foundation – "Live in the moment, live in eternity" – GoethePaul Robeson - This Day in Black History: Oct. 18, 1944 | News | BETShavetail - Shavetail - True West MagazineA special thank you to Jessica Tower and Ryan Johnson for lending their vocal talents to today’s ad.Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny arrives at basic training.Fort Hood - DOD changes Fort Cavazos back to Fort Hood – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthAbsence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - Who Said “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder”? | YourDictionaryBenny Carter - Benny Carter - WikipediaPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny passes the time on his train journey.Show notes:Erwin Rommel suicide – No Exit: How Rommel Was Forced To Commit SuicideAnn Baumgartner - Ann Baumgartner - WikipediaUdo Kier - Udo Kier - WikipediaTroop transport by train - A History of Troop Trains During World War IIHistory of coal stoves - When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said 'No Thanks'Dinah Shore - Dinah Shore | Biography, Songs, & Facts | BritannicaPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny gets bingoed!On This Day October 12, 1944: Liberation of Athens From Nazi Occupation - The Pappas Post 12 October 1944 | This Day in Aviation Columbus Day Riot: §  https://youtu.be/2QZJHeL8GeI?si=ZPm3DyqRq7zVFjvu&t=519 (section on the Columbus Day Riot starts at 8:39)Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny learns to tolerate his surroundings.Links to topics in today's episode:Buggers: https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/njuvubqFort Sheridan: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/478.htmlProject Pigeon: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bf-skinners-pigeon-guided-rocket-53443995/Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

This first letter from a brand new recruit. Reflections on a major US City. A lost seafood staple. A patriotic country and western juke box hit.Overijssel Overijssel - WikipediaZwaardvisch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Zwaardvisch_(P322))Chicago in the 1940sMy Chicago Dad: A 1940s Recollection | Classic Chicago Magazine vintage 1942 HENRICI'S ON RANDOLPH restaurant MENU Chicago Illinois | eBayRed Foley: Red Foley - WikipediaSmoke on the Water: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Water_(Red_Foley_song)Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Introduction to the podcast featuring a short Bon Voyage from back home. Historical and cultural footnotes including a brief history of Hazel Park, Michigan and a Bing Crosby classic.Please send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9RrqiqHistory of Hazel Park, MI -                   Community HistoryEastern Palace Club - EASTERN PALACE CLUBDolle Dinsdag - Dolle Dinsdag - WikipediaLondon Customs Convention - London Customs Convention - WikipediaPlease send comments and suggestions to [email protected] playlist:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq