Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage

Sebastian Junger on Tribe, War, and the Cost of Coming Home

Malcolm Gladwell sits down with journalist and author Sebastian Junger [https://www.sebastianjunger.com/] to discuss his  book “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging [https://www.sebastianjunger.com/tribe-by-sebastian-junger].” After spending years embedded with American soldiers in Afghanistan, Junger found himself wondering: why do so many veterans struggle most not during  war, but after returning home?  Junger’s most recent book is “In My Time Of Dying. [https://www.sebastianjunger.com/in-my-time-of-dying]” He also has a substack called Tribe with Sebastian Junger. [https://substack.com/@sebastianjunger] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Eight Seconds in Afghanistan: The Quick Heroism of Florent Groberg

If you saw a suicide bomber moving toward your friends, would you have the courage to run toward him? That is the choice Florent “Flo” Groberg made on a dusty road in Afghanistan. In just eight seconds, he identified the threat, tackled the bomber, and saved countless lives. And yet, Flo says he still wishes he had run faster. Binge the full season of Medal of Honor, ad-free, with a Pushkin+ subscription. Sign up and save on the Medal of Honor show page on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/medal-of-honor-stories-of-courage/id1751303783] or at pushkin.fm/plus [http://pushkin.fm/plus]. Use the code MOH25 for 25% off an annual subscription.  Connect with the team!  * Follow Pushkin on social @pushkinpods [https://www.instagram.com/pushkinpods/]  * Follow JR Martinez @iamjrmartinez [https://www.instagram.com/iamjrmartinez/]  * Follow Meredith Rollins @meredithkrollins [https://www.instagram.com/meredithkrollins/] * Email the team: medalofhonor@pushkin.fm [medalofhonor@pushkin.fm]  Episode resource:  8 Seconds of Courage: A Soldier's Story from Immigrant to the Medal of Honor by Flo Groberg and Tom Sileo [https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/8-Seconds-of-Courage/Flo-Groberg/9781508250500](Simon & Schuster, 2017) See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

A Scandal at the North Pole: The Legend of Richard Byrd

Admiral Richard Byrd was one of the most famous explorers of the 20th century. He received the Medal of Honor for a risky flight to the North Pole. But soon after his death, the whispers began. Did he actually make it there? Or did he turn back early?  Binge the full season of Medal of Honor, ad-free, with a Pushkin+ subscription. Sign up and save on the Medal of Honor show page on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/medal-of-honor-stories-of-courage/id1751303783] or at pushkin.fm/plus [http://pushkin.fm/plus]. Use the code MOH25 for 25% off an annual subscription.  Connect with the team!  * Follow Pushkin on social @pushkinpods [https://www.instagram.com/pushkinpods/]  * Follow JR Martinez @iamjrmartinez [https://www.instagram.com/iamjrmartinez/]  * Follow Meredith Rollins @meredithkrollins [https://www.instagram.com/meredithkrollins/] * Email the team: medalofhonor@pushkin.fm [medalofhonor@pushkin.fm]  Episode resources: Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole by Sheldon Bart [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17347739-race-to-the-top-of-the-world] (Regnery History Press, 2013) To the Pole: The Diary and Notebook of Richard E Byrd, 1926-1927 edited by Raimund E Goerler [https://ohiostatepress.org/books/BookPages/GoerlerTo.htm] (Ohio State University Press, 1998) See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

America's Soldier: Why the U.S. Needed George Sakato

When World War II broke out, Japanese Americans, including George "Joe" Sakato and his family, were treated as threats. But Sakato still joined the Army because he wanted to protect the United States and its people. And on a hill in eastern France, he launched a one-man charge that defied military logic and changed the tides of the battle. His story is an incredible tale of loyalty and friendship against impossible odds. Binge the full season of Medal of Honor, ad-free, with a Pushkin+ subscription. Sign up and save on the Medal of Honor show page on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/medal-of-honor-stories-of-courage/id1751303783] or at pushkin.fm/plus [http://pushkin.fm/plus]. Use the code MOH25 for 25% off an annual subscription. Connect with the team!  * Follow Pushkin on social @pushkinpods [https://www.instagram.com/pushkinpods/]  * Follow JR Martinez @iamjrmartinez [https://www.instagram.com/iamjrmartinez/]  * Follow Meredith Rollins @meredithkrollins [https://www.instagram.com/meredithkrollins/] * Email the team: medalofhonor@pushkin.fm [medalofhonor@pushkin.fm]  Episode resources: Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War II Story of the Japanese American GIs Who Rescued the Lost Battalion by Scott McGaugh [https://www.amazon.com/Honor-Before-Glory-Japanese-Battalion/dp/0306824450] (Grand Central Publishing, 2016) “442nd Regimental Combat Team” by the Densho Encyclopedia [https://encyclopedia.densho.org/442nd_Regimental_Combat_Team/#Combat]  “Going for Broke: The 442nd Regimental Combat Team” by the National World War II Museum [https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/442nd-regimental-combat-team] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Incredible Escape: Edouard Izac’s 120-Mile Trek

During World War I, Navy Lieutenant Edouard Izac was plucked from a lifeboat by a German submarine, where, for weeks, he lived among his captors. After secretly gathering intelligence on the movements of the German fleet, Izac knew this information could change the course of the war and had to be given to the Allies. But first, he had to get out of Germany. He would hurl himself out of a moving train, trek 120 miles through the mountains, and swim across the Rhine, but he would never, ever give up.   Binge the full season of Medal of Honor, ad-free, with a Pushkin+ subscription. Sign up and save on the Medal of Honor show page on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/medal-of-honor-stories-of-courage/id1751303783] or at pushkin.fm/plus [http://pushkin.fm/plus]. Use the code MOH25 for 25% off an annual subscription. Connect with the team!  * Follow Pushkin on social @pushkinpods [https://www.instagram.com/pushkinpods/]  * Follow JR Martinez @iamjrmartinez [https://www.instagram.com/iamjrmartinez/]  * Email the team: medalofhonor@pushkin.fm [medalofhonor@pushkin.fm] Episode resources: Escape by Dwight R Messimer [https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Gripping-Recipient-Edouard-Isaacs/dp/1557505780] (Naval Institute Press, 1994) Prisoner of the U-90 by Edouard Victor Isaacs [https://archive.org/details/prisonerofu900000edou] (Houghton Mifflin, 1919) “Oral History: the Recollections of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N.” by the Department of the Navy, 1918 [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/r/recollections-of-capture-by-germans-edouard-victor-isaacs.html]  Medal of Honor by Allen Mikaelian ( [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/500820.Medal_of_Honor]Hyperion, 2002) See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.