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Tales from the Corps is where military history meets the people who lived it.Hosted by Marine Corps combat veterans Mike “Dirty Mike” Francis and Neal “Slider” Fauver, Tales from the Corps brings you unfiltered stories from military service, combat, and life after the uniform, along with conversations with veterans, historians, authors, filmmakers, and others who help preserve the stories behind the history.From the battlefields of World War I and World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan, we dig into the moments, decisions, personalities, and experiences that shaped generations of service members.Some episodes are hilarious. Some are brutal. Some challenge what you thought you knew about military history. All of them are about keeping these stories alive.No war stories polished for the recruiting poster. No history stripped of the people who lived it.Welcome to, Tales from the Corps.<
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- 3 days ago42 min
The Real Ack Ack Haldane | Marine Captain Garrett Shetrawski & The Pacific's Scott Gibson
Send us Fan Mail Who was the real Captain Andrew “Ack Ack” Haldane? Immortalized in Eugene Sledge's With the Old Breed and HBO's The Pacific, Captain Andrew Haldane became one of the most beloved and respected Marine officers of World War II. But behind the legendary combat leader was a remarkable man whose full story has never been told. In Season 2, Episode 7 of Tales from the Corps, host Mike Francis and co-host Neal “Slider” sit down with Marine Captain Garrett Shetrawski, author of an up...
- 1 weeks ago48 min
The CEO Saving Military Tradition: The Future of Challenge Coins | Anna Redmond of Allcoin
Send us Fan Mail What happens to the stories behind a Veteran's challenge coins when they're gone? Every challenge coin has a story. Some represent extraordinary acts of courage. Others commemorate friendships, deployments, achievements, or moments that changed someone's life forever. But while the metal may last for generations, the stories behind those coins can disappear. In this episode of Tales from the Corps, host Mike "Dirty Mike" Francis sits down with Anna, the CEO behind Allcoin, a ...
- 2 weeks ago1h 44m
The Real History of Adolf Hitler Explained | Professor Thomas Weber
Send us Fan Mail Adolf Hitler remains one of the most studied figures in modern history. Yet more than 80 years after the fall of Nazi Germany, much of what people believe they know about him is still influenced by the propaganda his regime created. How did an Austrian-born young man become the dictator who led Germany into World War II and whose Nazi regime perpetrated the Holocaust? Did his experiences during World War I transform him into the man history remembers? Or have generations of ...
- Sep 29, 20261h 21m
The Hells of Peleliu | Tim Gray on WWII’s Most Haunting Battlefield
Send us Fan Mail In September 1944, U.S. Marines landed on the tiny Pacific island of Peleliu for what planners believed could be a relatively short battle. Instead, they entered one of the most brutal, unforgiving fights of the Pacific War. In this episode of Tales From the Corps, Mike sits down with award-winning WWII documentary filmmaker Tim Gray, Founder and President of the World War II Foundation, to talk about the Hells of Peleliu — a battlefield Tim describes as one of the most haun...
- Sep 25, 20261h 14m
Does World War II End Without Tinian? | Steve McCloud
Send us Fan Mail Does World War II end the same way without Tinian? Battles like Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Okinawa dominate the history books, but the Battle of Tinian in 1944 was arguably one of the most consequential campaigns of the Pacific War. Home to North Field—which rapidly became one of the largest and busiest airfields in the world—Tinian served as a launch point for the B-29 Superfortress bombing campaign against Japan and, ultimately, the Enola Gay. Military historian Steve Mc...
- Sep 8, 202654 min
He Survived Marine Corps Boot Camp: Private Santos Matos Returns From Parris Island
Send us Fan Mail Three months ago, Santos Matos — better known around Tales from the Corps as “Funnel Cake” — sat down with us as a poolee preparing to leave for Marine Corps Recruit Training at Parris Island. Now he’s back as Private Santos Matos, United States Marine. So… how much of what he expected was actually true? In this follow-up conversation, Santos takes us inside his experience at Marine Corps boot camp: what he wasn't prepared for, what breaks recruits, whether you can actuall...
- Sep 3, 20261h 23m
Jon Parshall | 1945: Japan — Did We Need to Drop the Bombs?
Send us Fan Mail Did the United States have to drop the atomic bombs on Japan to end World War II? Renowned WWII historian Jon Parshall, co-host of The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War Podcast and author of the upcoming 1942: The Crux of War, joins Tales From The Corps for an in-depth conversation about one of the most debated questions of the Pacific War. Jon examines the decision to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan's willingness and ability to continue fighting, ...
- Aug 13, 20241h 20m
Justin Cramer | Marine JTAC — From Iraq & Afghanistan to Former Action Guys
Send us Fan Mail Marine veteran Justin Cramer joins Tales From The Corps to talk about coordinating airstrikes in Iraq and Afghanistan, serving as a JTAC evaluator, and the experiences that eventually led him to create the Former Action Guys Podcast. Justin takes us inside the world of Marine fire support and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers, sharing lessons from his deployments, the responsibility of coordinating close air support in combat, and what he learned serving alongside Marines at ...
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About Tales from the Corps
Tales from the Corps is where military history meets the people who lived it.Hosted by Marine Corps combat veterans Mike “Dirty Mike” Francis and Neal “Slider” Fauver, Tales from the Corps brings you unfiltered stories from military service, combat, and life after the uniform, along with conversations with veterans, historians, authors, filmmakers, and others who help preserve the stories behind the history.From the battlefields of World War I and World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan, we dig into the moments, decisions, personalities, and experiences that shaped generations of service members.Some episodes are hilarious. Some are brutal. Some challenge what you thought you knew about military history. All of them are about keeping these stories alive.No war stories polished for the recruiting poster. No history stripped of the people who lived it.Welcome to, Tales from the Corps.<
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