Dog Tags & Paper Hearts

Johnnie eagerly anticipates his furlough. Personal ads in 1945. A WWII Memorial. Links: www.mga-architects.net The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial - Royal Oak, MI    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playl...

Things heat up! Links: Water fluoridation / Grand Rapids, MI History of the flamethrower    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqi...

Johnny describes the final elements of basic training and looks forward to coming home soon. Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrq...

Boot camp is in its final days! Johnny eagerly anticipates his reunion with Mary. Links: Killer’s Kollege – sign at Fort Hood, Texas Julia Compton Moore    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2...

Johnnie is lonesome enough to eat dog biscuits. Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

A quick note from Johnny as he sets out on an extended bivouac. Things get chilly back home. Link: Great Snowstorm of 1944 Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVC...

The surprising wartime output of beloved creators. Also, Johnny explains why he doesn't want to man the machine gun. Links: Browning M1917 Private Snafu film archive Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.co...

Johnny games the system and finds beauty in darkness. Links: 1.                The Hat Man: Legend, Sightings, and what it might mean 2.                TS Card | The Chaplain Kit   Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open....

Johnny learns that the army changes rules frequently. Links: The Big Lie about the US Army. What the US Army is not telling the American People. | What Life in the Army is really like. Speed Marching in Military Boots: The Walk-To-Run Transition Speed and Vertical Ground Reaction Forces American Veterans Center    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXT...

Christmas gratitude, getting lost and the thoughts of a soldier. Links: Why Do We Let Kids Sit On Santa's Lap? The Tradition Dates Back To 1890 Training the American GI | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.c...

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Johnny describes combat patrol, frets over gifts and makes an inquiry. Links: Footage from USO Clubs The Andrews Sisters sing Don’t Fence Me In  Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAE...

Johnny is tested. So much content about animals! Links:  The Buzzard and The Monkey Coney Island Hot Dogs    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&...

Johnny receives mail, encourages Mary to seek a hardship discharge and plans a phone call. Links: Battle of the Bulge More Weird News Mail Call Hardship Discharge    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/pla...

Johnny describes exercises and a creative way to do laundry. Links: Disappearance of Glenn Miller Log Exercises Sander’s   Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVC...

Johnny is put on detail, loses his cool and describes guard duty.  Links: 1.                Mail Delivery 2.                Lynda Day George 3.                Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall  Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr     Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playl...

This blankety blank basic training continues, with increasingly dire stakes. Links: 1.                Blankety Blank 2.                Bayonet training 3.                I’m Making Believe    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: ht...

Training on the rifle field intensifies. Links: 1.          Mary Noble, Backstage Wife 2.          Young Widder Brown 3.          Just Plain Bill    Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSio...

Silhouette targets are introduced on the firing range. Links: Honorable Service Lapel Button  Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rr...

This one's a Lulu! Like the Detroit Institute of Arts, this episode's gotta have art!  Links: Frenchman’s Creek (movie) September Morn Need of Religious Tolerance Main Stem Detroit Institute of Art ad from 1976   Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts...

Johnny finds himself solidly in the sharpshooter range while lamenting his physical ailments. Links: Operation Clipper Constipation in the Army – Combat Medicine Henry V Translation and text Beim ersten Mal tut's noch weh - Hans Albers   Spotify songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgCWR1mMr Please send comments and suggestions t...

Johnny scrubs, scours and peels. Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny learns some important facts about keeping healthy during wartime. Links: The Philippine Diary Project – November 17, 1944 Target Snafu – Warner Bros. cartoon on malaria Malaria Discipline Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny goes to the dentist and craves fudge. Reunited after 80 years! Links: JAG Podcast Productions www.jagpodcastproductions.com @JAGPodcastProductions JAG@JAGPodcastProductions.com Boston Globe article about finding lost WWII Dog Tags How WWII Changed the Way We Make Car Tires Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlis...

Johnny experiences some telephone frustrations. Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq