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Ep 177: Christopher Kolakowski on Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
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Christopher Kolakowski, director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and editor of Tenth Army Commander: The World War II Diary of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., joins the show to discuss the most senior U.S. officer killed by enemy action in WWII, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
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• 01:44 Introduction
• 02:15 In the shadows
• 03:53 Fathers and sons
• 06:28 Childhood
• 09:30 West Point Commandant of Cadets
• 16:03 Alaska ’41
• 20:18 The Japanese threat
• 24:20 10th Army
• 29:03 Notes for an unwritten memoir
• 31:02 Operation Causeway
• 35:47 Okinawa
• 41:52 Attrition
• 43:50 Another Anzio?
• 50:57 Homeward bound
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
209 episodes
Manage episode 466634982 series 2998419
Christopher Kolakowski, director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and editor of Tenth Army Commander: The World War II Diary of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., joins the show to discuss the most senior U.S. officer killed by enemy action in WWII, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
▪️
Times
• 01:44 Introduction
• 02:15 In the shadows
• 03:53 Fathers and sons
• 06:28 Childhood
• 09:30 West Point Commandant of Cadets
• 16:03 Alaska ’41
• 20:18 The Japanese threat
• 24:20 10th Army
• 29:03 Notes for an unwritten memoir
• 31:02 Operation Causeway
• 35:47 Okinawa
• 41:52 Attrition
• 43:50 Another Anzio?
• 50:57 Homeward bound
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
209 episodes
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