Ernie Pyle WWII Museum Podcast

In this episode, I spoke with Beck Holbert from the Ernie Pyle WWII Museum to discuss the Vietnam Wall coming to Vermillion County, Indiana. This event will be Jun 9-11 and is sponsored by the Ernie Pyle WWII Museum. Doug Hess is the host

In this episode, I read from wartime columns (Tuesday, February 13, 1945), It is titled About My Books. In writing about his writing, Pyle showed elements of both ego and modesty. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode I spoke with author James M Fenelon regarding his book " Angels Against The Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood". In the tradition of Band of Brothers, historian and former paratrooper James M. Fenelon offers a grunt’s-eye view of the 11th Airborne’s heroic campaign to liberate the Philippines in World War II. A soldier’s history at its best. Doug Hess is the host!

Based on an extraordinary true story and soon to be a major film produced by and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The War Magician is the remarkable tale of the man who used the powers of illusion to fight the Nazis -- and created the most remarkable feat of legerdemain since the Trojan Horse. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode, I had a conversation with Rick Plummer who for 20 years played a one-man show about Ernie Pyle. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode I speak with author Larry Alexander about his last book "76 Hours A novel of Tarawa". While this is a work of fiction the events regarding the 76 hours of Tarawa is true. Doug Hess is the Host!

In this episode we listen to a few personal items that Ernie wrote about on Monday, February 12, 1945. They focus on his father and Aunt Mary. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode I have read a little from an article Ernie Pyle wrote about regarding the beachhead of Anzio. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode, I discuss with author Carole Engle Avriett on her latest book Marine Raiders: The True Story of the Legendary WW II Battalions. The American people revere their elite combat units, but one of these noble bands has been unjustifiably forgotten—until now. At the beginning of World War II, military planners set out to form the most ruthless, skilled, and effective force the world had...

In this episode, we decided to start off 2023 with a short funny article that Pyle wrote in 1944. I hope you enjoy his humor. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode, I speak with author Martin Dugard about his book Taking Berlin: The bloody Race To Defeat The Third Reich. Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series, comes a nonfiction thriller about the race between the Allies and Soviets to conquer the heart of Nazi Germany. Fall, 1944. Paris has been liberated, and saved from destruction, but this...

In this episode I discuss with Lloyd Clark his latest book The Commanders: The Leadership Journeys, of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode I discuss with Dale White, CEO of the Western Indiana Community Foundation and Steve Key, President of the Ernie Pyle WWII Museum Board regarding the creation of the Ernie Pyle Community Foundation and how there are others ways you can give to the Museum.

In this episode we discuss with author Stefanie Van Steelandt on her book Lady of the Army : The Life of Mrs. George S. Patton. We also talk about Pyle's relationship with Patton. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode we discuss with author Steve Kemper his latest book, which is being released today and it is "Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor". We discuss the situation that is taking place in Japan that leads up to Pearl Harbor. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode, we talk with Drew Hess (age 13) who is a first-year tour guide at the Ernie Pyle Museum. He discusses a few items that he thought others would enjoy. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode, I spoke with Indiana University professor Austin Francalancia regarding his students who are in the process of writing a movie script about Ernie Pyle. Doug Hess is the host!

In this episode, I spoke with author Judith Mackrell regarding her book The Correspondents Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of WW II. Doug Hess is the host! For more content, goto and join patreon.com/forgottenhollywood.

In this episode I discuss with Professor Steven Casey who teaches International History at the London School of Economics. We discuss his latest book, The War Beat. Pacific: The American Media at War Against Japan. After almost two years slogging with infantrymen through North Africa, Italy, and France, Ernie Pyle immediately realized he was ill-prepared for covering the Pacific War. As Pyle and o...

In this episode, we discuss with Indiana State University Professor Dr. Christopher Fischer regarding Ernie Pyle and WWII.

In this episode we have a conversation with Dr. Alexander G. Lovelace regarding his book " The Media Offensive: How the Press and Public Opinion Shaped Allied Strategy during World War II.

Normally this is an audio only podcast found on all audio streaming services. Today August 3rd is National Ernie Pyle Day! CEO James Lott Jr decided to take over hosting duties from regular host Doug Hess to celebrate the late Pulitzer Prize winning World War II Correspondant. 1900-1945

Author David Chrisinger discusses with Drew and me regarding his latest book that is being released by Penguin Press in 2023. David is a Logan Nonfiction Fellow and contributes to the New York Times Magazine and The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit newsroom educating the public on military service, war, and its impact.

n this episode we speak with former writer for Bob Hope, Martha Bolton. Martha was Bob Hope's first female staff writer, writing for his television specials, personal appearances, and military shows for approximately fifteen years. She has written a book called Dear Bob: Bob Hope's Wartime Correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II. She also talks about the relationship between Bob and Ernie Py...

In this episode, Drew and I speak with Ray Boomhower, who is a biographer and ex-report. Ray has written several books and we discuss his book The Soldier's Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle. He serves as Senior Editor of the Indiana Historical Society's popular history magazine Traces of Indiana and Midwest History. Doug and Drew Hess are the hosts!