Dog Tags & Paper Hearts

Musings and memories of the man behind these letters. Notes: 1.  Tender Comrade 2.  Point West Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Basic training gets real and Johnny's hunger increases. Notes: Basic Training for Dummies Armistice Day - The Detroit Historical Society Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny proposes a solid plan for weight gain. Links: Servicemen’s Editions of newspapers Xylophones   Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny details the bivouac experience. Links: C-Rations Foxholes Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny "enjoys" the calm before the storm. Links: This Is Why We Call A Turkey's Tailbone The Pope's Nose The Parson’s Nose – The Chiddicks Family Tree Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

All the fun of basic training! Bivouacs, KP, personal concealment and washing socks. All this, and Johnny makes some bosom buddies. Links: Bivouac Army Field Manual 20-3 Bosom Buddies Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny muses on the hardships of basic training, gets a haircut and explains how to use the coal burning stove. Links: Halloween on the Home Front | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Garry Myers Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Basic training is just getting started as Johnny longs for the little pleasures back home. Links: FDR Speech on Navy Day: Audio - FDR Audio Recordings - FDR Presidential Library & Museum Transcript - Election 1944: Address by Roosevelt at Shibe Park, PA (10-27-44) - The TimeGhost Army Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.co...

Johnny describes like at camp gearing up for basic training. Links: Chewing Gum, Candy Bars and Beer Mairzy Doats Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny changes barracks and questions the quality of Army entertainment. Links: Ration points Sex hygiene films in the army   Newsreel: The Invasion of Italy Black Aces Please – part 1   part 2 Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq

Johnny describes a day in the life of basic training and relates some jokes. Links: Volkssturm – Volkssturm - Wikipedia Viktor Ullmann - Viktor Ullmann Foundation – "Live in the moment, live in eternity" – Goethe Paul Robeson - This Day in Black History: Oct. 18, 1944 | News | BET Shavetail - Shavetail - True West Magazine A special thank you to Jessica Tower and Ryan Johnson for lending...

Johnny arrives at basic training. Fort Hood - DOD changes Fort Cavazos back to Fort Hood – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder - Who Said “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder”? | YourDictionary Benny Carter - Benny Carter - Wikipedia Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4Eq...

Johnny passes the time on his train journey. Show notes: Erwin Rommel suicide – No Exit: How Rommel Was Forced To Commit Suicide Ann Baumgartner - Ann Baumgartner - Wikipedia Udo Kier - Udo Kier - Wikipedia Troop transport by train - A History of Troop Trains During World War II History of coal stoves - When Coal First Arrived, Americans Said 'No Thanks' Dinah Shore - Dinah Shore | Biogr...

Johnny gets bingoed! On This Day October 12, 1944: Liberation of Athens From Nazi Occupation - The Pappas Post   12 October 1944 | This Day in Aviation   Columbus Day Riot: §  https://youtu.be/2QZJHeL8GeI?si=ZPm3DyqRq7zVFjvu&t=519 (section on the Columbus Day Riot starts at 8:39) Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=C6ut7UWXTxuzYn6iMIW_3g&pi=rSW-kgC...

Johnny learns to tolerate his surroundings. Links to topics in today's episode: Buggers: https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/njuvubq Fort Sheridan: http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/478.html Project Pigeon: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bf-skinners-pigeon-guided-rocket-53443995/ Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotif...

This first letter from a brand new recruit. Reflections on a major US City. A lost seafood staple. A patriotic country and western juke box hit. Overijssel Overijssel - Wikipedia Zwaardvisch ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Zwaardvisch_(P322) ) Chicago in the 1940s My Chicago Dad: A 1940s Recollection | Classic Chicago Magazine   vintage 1942 HENRICI'S ON RANDOLPH restaurant MENU Chicago...

Introduction to the podcast featuring a short Bon Voyage from back home. Historical and cultural footnotes including a brief history of Hazel Park, Michigan and a Bing Crosby classic. Please send comments and suggestions to dogtagspaperhearts@gmail.com Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02U2OAJJSiouQAEzmy4EqW?si=Jg8CANxwRVCD6smIny0C4Q&pi=dmQkyBg9Rrqiq History of Hazel Park, MI...