EP171: How To Properly Brag About the World's Fastest Plane and Losing My Mentor, Finding Peace

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WWII Airman’s Body Moved Three Times Before His Family Found Peace

On this episode of Our American Stories, after World War II airman Danny Wilson fell overseas, his body was buried in France alongside thousands of American soldiers. But that wasn't the end of his story. His niece, Joy Neal Kidney, shares the little-known journey of how her uncl ...  Show more

Frank Capra: The American Dream Personified

On this episode of Our American Stories, few filmmakers embody the American Dream as vividly as Frank Capra. Born in Sicily in 1897, he carried the memory of arriving at New York Harbor and seeing the Statue of Liberty through World War I and into Hollywood's golden age. In films ...  Show more

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