The following shows aired in March 2009. Click on the show date in the left column to listen to that show. Files are in MP3 format.
| 3/7/2009 | U.S. Navy Seabees. Join host Gary Lillie and guest Rear Admiral Benjamin Montoya, retired, as they discuss the 67th birthday of the U.S. Navy Seabees (5 March 1942); Admiral Montoya’s role as chair of the CEC-Seabee Historical Foundation, along with his chosen task of raising funds for, and, involvement in building the new Seabee Museum at the west coast home of the Seabees in Port Hueneme, California. Admiral Montoya will tell the stories of World War II Seabees he met along the way, and their legacy for future generations of Seabees.We build—Wefight—CAN DO |
| 3/14/2009 | Bob Feller—Baseball Hall of Famer and WWII Navy Veteran. Join host Gary Lillie and guest Bob Feller the only retired Navy Chief who is a member of a major sports Hall of Fame: “Rapid Robert” Bob Feller.Bob Feller’s 1936 debut in the major leagues was explosive, when, as a 17-year old rookie he struck out eight St. Louis Cardinals in three innings. He struck out 15 St Louis Brown batters later that year and then 17 Philadelphia Athletics. Before he left his teens his 100-MPH fastball sent 18 Detroit Tigers back to the dugout.
Feller lost 3 1/2 years in the prime of his career when after the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he was the first major leaguer to enlist in the military. Still, by the time he retired in 1956 he had played 18 years, won 266 games, hurled 3 no-hitters, struck out 2,581 batters and earned a place in baseball’s Hall of Fame. |
| 3/21/2009 | THE SINKING OF THE USS HOEL AND THE TWO MEN WHO LIVED TO TELL ABOUT IT. Join host Gary Lillie and guests Robert Prater and Larry Morris, two seamen who survived the sinking of the USS Hoel, and then survived heat, thirst and sharks while they waited for rescue they believed would never come.The gallant destroyer HOEL was sunk during the Battle Off Samar by the Imperial Japanese Navy Centre Force, the first ship of [Task Force] Taffy III to be lost. She was credited with torpedoing the heavy cruiser HIJMS HAGURO, all the while being shot at by battleships and several heavy cruisers. Two-hundred fifty-two men were killed during the action, fifteen more perished after spending two days on rafts awaiting their rescue. All told, four American ships were sunk, many damaged, but more than 1,100 survivors of the GAMBIER BAY, HOEL, JOHNSTON and SAMUEL B. ROBERTS were picked out of the ocean by the ships of the hastily formed rescue TASK GROUP 78.12.
Midway through the interview, host Gary Lillie mentions that we had satelite problems and we lost the first four minutes of the program. Howeve, we were able via our in-studio recording equimpemt recover those missing four minutes that were not broadcast live. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. |
| 3/29/2009 | Leave No Man Behind: The Saga of Combat Search and Rescue. For nearly one-hundred years, Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) crews have been charging into situations from which most would flee.”Shot down miles behind enemy lines. Wounded, disoriented and moments from being surrounded by a hostile force intent on taking a prisoner or taking a life. these are the moments where the difference between life and death exists in minutes and hours, not days and months. These are the moments for which Combat Search and Rescue was created.” from Zenith Press, publisher of Leave No Man Behind
Join Dale Throneberry and author Tom Phillips as they talk about the history of Combat Search and Rescue and tell some of the amazing and incredible stories of CSAR. Phillips began his flying career as a Navy pilot flying attack helicopters in Vietnam, including POW rescue operations with Navy Seals. He now works as a Navy tactics analyst and flight simulator instructor. *This program does not include a Medal of Honor segment. |
