Buried by shellfire three times at Belleau Wood, a Marine still wrote his mom. Hear soldiers' own words from 11 battles.

For Veterans Day, Navy SEAL David Rutherford reads letters and first-person accounts from Bunker Hill (1775) to Marjah (2010): Peter Brown at Bunker Hill, Lt. Joseph Hodgkins on the Christmas night crossing, Pvt. Ellis Strouss after Gettysburg, Pvt. Will Lamson and Lt. Col. Stephen Weld in the Wilderness, Pvt. Hiram Pottinger at Belleau Wood, a Marine on Iwo Jima, SSgt. David Baldwin on Christmas Eve at the Bulge, a Marine at the Chosin Reservoir, Cpl. Charles McMahon in Hue, a Marine major in Fallujah, and the 1/6 mortarmen at Marjah. Then David explains what the letters prove: war isn't sexy, veterans aren't superheroes, and they fight for the man on their right.

Chapters
0:00 Cold Open
0:59 Bunker Hill and Trenton: The First Letters Home
5:48 Gettysburg: Two Letters to Mom
9:59 The Wilderness: The Woods Caught Fire
13:34 Belleau Wood: Liquid Fire, Gas and Buried Three Times
23:11 Iwo Jima: Thirteen Days on the Rock
25:41 Black Rifle Coffee
26:47 Battle of the Bulge: The Christmas Eve Sentry
33:34 Chosin, Hue, Fallujah and Marjah
43:47 What These Letters Prove About Veterans

Sponsor: Black Rifle Coffee, https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/
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Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988, then press 1.

Buried by shellfire three times at Belleau Wood, a Marine still wrote his mom. Hear soldiers' own words from 11 battles.
For Veterans Day, Navy SEAL David Rutherford reads letters and first-person accounts from Bunker Hill (1775) to Marjah (2010): Peter Brown at Bunker Hill, Lt. Joseph Hodgkins on the Christmas night crossing, Pvt. Ellis Strouss after Gettysburg, Pvt. Will Lamson and Lt. Col. Stephen Weld in the Wilderness, Pvt. Hiram Pottinger at Belleau Wood, a Marine on Iwo Jima, SSgt. David Baldwin on Christmas Eve at the Bulge, a Marine at the Chosin Reservoir, Cpl. Charles McMahon in Hue, a Marine major in Fallujah, and the 1/6 mortarmen at Marjah. Then David explains what the letters prove: war isn't sexy, veterans aren't superheroes, and they fight for the man on their right.
Chapters 0:00 Cold Open 0:59 Bunker Hill and Trenton: The First Letters Home 5:48 Gettysburg: Two Letters to Mom 9:59 The Wilderness: The Woods Caught Fire 13:34 Belleau Wood: Liquid Fire, Gas and Buried Three Times 23:11 Iwo Jima: Thirteen Days on the Rock 25:41 Black Rifle Coffee 26:47 Battle of the Bulge: The Christmas Eve Sentry 33:34 Chosin, Hue, Fallujah and Marjah 43:47 What These Letters Prove About Veterans
Sponsor: Black Rifle Coffee, https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ Substack: https://davidrutherfordletter.substack.com/ Froglogic Institute: froglogicinstitute.com Veterans Crisis Line: dial 988, then press 1.

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don’t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth. 

The David Rutherford Show represents the highest form of the emerging new media landscape. As a former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and world championship performance coach, David has been exploring the human condition for the past 30 years in his epic quest to understand how individuals and teams can defeat the negative insurgency. In his new show David will give experienced analysis to most pressing topics of our time. His mission is to consolidate the battlefield of information and provide unique context to most important issues of the day. Don&rsquo;t miss this exciting show and allow David to be your flash bang of truth.&nbsp;

The David Rutherford Show

Dave Rutherford Show: Letters From War - A Veterans Day Special 

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