The following shows aired in November 2009. Click on the show date in the left column to listen to that show. Files are in MP3 format.
11/7/09 “American Spirit Center” OF BRIGHTON MICHIGAN PRESENTS A PRE-VETERANS DAY EVENT. Join the Veterans Radio crew as we take a “Walk through history” during this remote broadcast from Brighton, Michigan. We talk with veterans from World War II, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Iraq and Afghanistan
11/7/09 What’s New at the VA?. Over the last few years there have been many changes implemented throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs. Join host, Dale Throneberry, and his guest Michael Finegan, Network Director of Veterans Integrated Service Network 11, as they bring us up to date on all these changes. As Network Director Mr. Finegan has strategic planning and budgetary responsibility over seven VA Medical Centers in the Midwest.
 
We will also be answering your questions about how to file a claim with the VA and what to do if that claim is denied.
11/21/09 FACs: Forward Air Controllers. Join host Gary Lillie and guest Jonathon Myer, an O-1E “Bird Dog” pilot who flew low and slow over the jungles, spotting and marking targets, while dodging anti-aircraft fire.
 
One FAC pilot, Captain Hilliard A. Wilbanks, USAF, a friend of our guest, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for what he did to save an ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) company from annihilation by an NVA (North Vietnamese Army) ambush. We will hear that story and others.
 
“Pink Elephant Polka” tells the story of the day our guest spotted two pink elephants on a jungle trail. When he made his report he was warned of the dangers of the bottle. There really is an explanation for what he saw.
11/29/09 Gen. William A. Henderson (Ret.). As a Marine Corp F-4 Phantom fighter pilot, Bill Henderson flew 125 combat missions. He then flew in support of the infantry as Forward Air Control (FAC). Upon his return to the United States he became a flight instructor and F-4 Check Pilot.
 
After ten years as a Marine, Henderson left the Marine Corps and joined General Motors as a corporate pilot, eventually becoming Chief Pilot and Director of Flight Operations. After 28 years he retired from GM. While employed at GM, he joined the Marine Corps Reserves at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mt Clemens, Michigan. When the unit moved out of state, Henderson joined the Michigan Air National Guard where he flew the F-100 Saber and A-7 Corsair. After 34 years of combined active duty and reserve military service he retired, having achieved the rank of Major General and command of the Michigan Air National Guard.