Memorial Day: Editor's Picks

Remembering the Fallen

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War and Place
Liner Notes, 58:00

Redefining Memorial Day programming with stories from across the globe.

American Popular Song and World War II
WFIU, 118:00

Includes songs from the early months of America's entry into the war, plus songs about the draft, rationing and shortages, separation of lovers and more.

World War One Living History Project
Treehouse Productions, 116:00

Interviews with the last surviving veterans of World War I.

MASH 1969 - Visions of War, Dreams of Peace
Center for Emerging Media, 59:00

Profiles of poet George Evans, a veteran medic, and Lynda Van Devanter, whose experiences as Vietnam nurse inspired China Beach.

Taken Too Soon: The Cost of War (A Memorial Day/Weekend Special)
Good Radio Shows, Inc., 59:00/54:00/29:00

Nearly 40 public radio producers from around the world lend their voices to a roll call of just some of the names of casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Veteranos: Songs of War and Peace
Catalina Maria Johnson, 58:56

A musical selection celebrating U.S. Latino Veterans, from the series El Beat Latino.

War Vets
Conrad Bishop, 56:15

The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.

War and Forgiveness
Soundprint, 59:00

Two emotional long-form features about victims and perpetrators of wartime atrocities.

The Silent Generation: From Saipan to Tokyo
Helen Borten, 58:56

The harrowing final year of World War Two in the Pacific, told by men who came back and kept silent about the ordeal that changed their lives.

In Honor of Veterans
Western Folklife Center Media, 53:10

Pays tribute to the fighting men and women of America's armed forces through story, music and poetry.

Spiritual Reflections From Combat: The Bill Schiebler Story
Ronald Duffy, 57:50 or 52:00

"Spiritual Reflections From Combat" is a story about Bill Schiebler, army ranger and Viet Nam war veteran, who shares inspiring stories from his remarkable combat experiences in Viet Nam during 1965 and '66.

Half-Hour

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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times - War and Memory
Radio Netherlands, 29:30

How war influences identity and memory in both the individual and the national sense.

Love and War
Helen Borten, 28:58

Soldiers in Fort Benning, Georgia talk of the challenges facing themselves and their families as they prepare to go to war.

Vietnam Blues
Tina Antolini, 28:38

Vince Gabriel is a Vietnam veteran who's written an album of songs chronicling his experience of the war. He takes listeners back to 1968, to the jungle of Vietnam.

Soldiering On
Radio Netherlands, 29:30

Soldiers' battle experiences.

Cutaways and Segments, 6-22:00

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Holiday Series: Memorial Day
Talking History, 11:50

Guest Matthew Dennis and Talking History's host Bryan Le Beau delve into the history and meaning of Memorial Day.

The Cost of War
Blunt Youth Radio Project, 07:44

Chris and Lavinia Gelineau met violent deaths within one year of each other.

Anna on the Homefront
Whit Richardson, 09:19

An intimate look at a wife of a National Guard member deployed to Iraq.

Vietnam Bones
Karen Brown, 10:01

A man tries to repatriate the bones of a Viet Cong soldier that his father took from the jungle, 35 years earlier.

The WASPs: Women Pilots of WWII
Radio Diaries, 22:17

The story of the first female pilots in WWII.

"An interesting, informative, engaging portrait of these women and of this period in history that is so beautifully produced it?s nearly cinematic in effect."
Lewis | full review

Stories of Liberation
WAER, 10:20

Two World War II veterans recall memories of serving on the front lines, and helping to liberate two concentration camps.

Interstitials and Drop-Ins, Under 6:00

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Burial At Sea
Adam Allington, 02:50

Bill Bricker has one particular memory that colors his observation of Memorial Day.

The Military Honor Guard (long version)
Charles Lane, 04:50

A look at the history and tradition of the military funeral.

Mothers in Uniform
KRCC, 05:20

Eric Whitney talks to military mothers who are deployed in Iraq. They tell us what it's like to be serving their country far away from their children.

WW-I and Armistice Day
Lester Graham, 03:45

A look at World War One and the day that ultimately became Veterans Day.

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