From The Front To The Films: A World War II Podcast

By Tim Gray

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Episodes: 100

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A Unique Podcast Focused on Interviews with World War II Veterans, Authors, Actors, Filmmakers and Those Who Are Telling and Sharing the Stories of World War II in Print, Television and in the Movies, both Past and in the Present.

Episode Date
A Final Landing on Iwo Jima
Sep 04, 2025
Dad's Secret War: France 1944
Sep 04, 2025
Village of Death: Oradour-sur-Glane 1944
Sep 04, 2025
Miles, Morale and Memories: Bob Hope and World War II
Jun 12, 2025
Timeless Patriotism: Guam and World War II
Jun 12, 2025
No Lights, No Escorts, Just Courage: The WWII Journey of Myles Isbell
May 07, 2025
“I Didn’t Want to Miss Being Part of History” — The Story of Frank Wal, Jr.
Apr 04, 2025
Ski, Climb, Fight: A Conversation with 10th Mountain Division Author, Dr. Lance Blyth
Mar 24, 2025
“Placid Lassie” and the Power of Flight: A Conversation with Eric Zipkin
Mar 23, 2025
From Iwo Jima to a Life of Purpose: A Conversation with Dr. Richard Jessor
Mar 08, 2025
An Exclusive Conversation with Colonel (Ret.) Gregory Fontenot
Jan 22, 2025
Bomber Boys: Preserving the Legacy of WWII Through the Lens of John Slemp
Jan 12, 2025
Front to the Films: An Exclusive Interview with Battle of the Bulge Veteran Harry Miller
Dec 12, 2024
Front to the Films: Wounded Tiger: The Untold Journey of Pearl Harbor's Lead Pilot
Dec 03, 2024
Front to the Films: An Inside Look at the Upcoming Film Dad’s Secret War: France 1944, with Georges Strachan-Heyes
Oct 28, 2024
Front to the Films: Historians John McManus and Chris Kolakowski Discuss Operation Market Garden the 80th Anniversary
Sep 18, 2024
Front to the Films: Part 2 of "The Cajun Connection: Frenchies in WWII": A Conversation with Dr. Jason Theriot
Sep 14, 2024
Front to the Films: Frenchie: The Story of the French-Speaking Cajuns of World War II. A Conversation with Jason Theriot (Part 1)
Aug 26, 2024
Front to the Films: A Conversation with a Modern "Monuments Man" - Dr. Mitch Yockelson
Aug 20, 2024
Front to the Films: An Exclusive Interview with LTC William R. Hogan, Author of "Task Force Hogan"
Jul 29, 2024
Front to the Films: The Rifle: An Interview with Andrew Biggio
Jun 30, 2024
Front to the Films: An Exclusive Interview with Alex Kershaw
May 28, 2024
Front to the Films: A Son's Reflection: George Luz and Easy Company
May 27, 2024
Front to the Films: Keith Nightingale and Joey Ivanov - Countdown to D-Day's 80th Anniversary (Part 2))
May 05, 2024
Front to the Films: Keith Nightingale and Joey Ivanov - Countdown to D-Day's 80th Anniversary (Part I)
May 04, 2024
Front to the Films: Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II, with Christian Blauvelt
Mar 29, 2024
Her War - Her Story: The Versatility of Women Who Served During World War II
Mar 29, 2024
Her War - Her Story: A Young Girl in World War II England
Mar 28, 2024
Her War - Her Story: A Witness to the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Mar 27, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Episode 9 - "Through Their Eyes: Masters of the Air Finale"
Mar 25, 2024
Her War - Her Story: Growing Up in Nazi Germany
Mar 18, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Episode 8 - Bridging Airpower's Past and Present
Mar 17, 2024
"Her War, Her Story": Healing Wounds and Seeking Forgiveness: The Untold Stories of WWII Women
Mar 14, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Episode 7 - A Conversation with Tuskegee Airman, Harry Stewart
Mar 14, 2024
Happy International Women's Day! "Her War, Her Story"
Mar 08, 2024
"Echoes of Valor: Masters of the Air and the Evolution of Airpower" - Episode 6, Part 2
Mar 08, 2024
"Her War, Her Story": Celebrating Unsung Women Heroes of World War II
Mar 06, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Episode 6 - Military Aviation Strategy and Legacy (Part 1)
Mar 05, 2024
Her War - Her Story: The Women of the “Six Triple Eight” During World War II
Mar 01, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Episode 5 - An Interview with Major Clement “Clem” Leone (B24 Liberator Radio Operator, 445th Bomb Group & POW)
Feb 27, 2024
Captain Frank Murphy Interview
Feb 20, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Episode 4 - "Strategies of War: Renowned Historians Discuss ‘Masters of the Air'"
Feb 19, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Uncovering Aerial Combat History – 'Masters of the Air' Deep Dive (Episode 3)
Feb 13, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Podcasting Masters of the Air (Episode 2)
Feb 05, 2024
Echoes of Valor: Podcasting Masters of the Air (Episode 1)
Jan 31, 2024
Bob Dole, Italy, World War II
Dec 11, 2023
World War II: Saving the Reality
Aug 07, 2023
The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli
Aug 07, 2023
Surrender on the USS Missouri
Aug 07, 2023
Rommel: The Soldier, The Son and Hitler
Aug 07, 2023
Grandpa's War Story Goes Viral
Aug 07, 2023
The Seabees on Iwo Jima
Aug 07, 2023
Maggie's War
Aug 07, 2023
Jack Taylor: The Enterprise
Aug 07, 2023
Her War, Her Story: World War II
Aug 07, 2023
Dick Winters: Hang Tough
Aug 07, 2023
A Company of Heroes
Aug 07, 2023
Elvis and the USS Arizona
Aug 07, 2023
Tim Gray Library Interview
Aug 31, 2022
Bob Lyons B-29 Superfortress Navigator in the Pacific
May 03, 2021
Talking Jimmy Stewart and World War II in this edition of our "From the Front to the Films" Zoom Video Podcast. Author Robert Matzen joins us.
Jan 18, 2021
Interview with Santa and Mrs. Claus about the World War II Years
Dec 19, 2020
Veterans Day 2020 Podcast with 300 guests. Richard Fazzio, US Navy Coxswain. 1st wave, 5th boat near the Easy Red sector on Omaha Beach.
Nov 12, 2020
Richard Fazzio, D-Day, Omaha Beach, 1st Wave
Nov 03, 2020
Grandpa joined the Paratroopers in WWII when he was just 14 years old!
Oct 19, 2020
Letters in a Box-World War II
Oct 01, 2020
Grandpa's Tool of Warfare in WWII was a Trumpet and a Big Band
Sep 21, 2020
1st to Fight: Pacific War Marines
Sep 02, 2020
The Portillo Expedition: Mystery on Bougainville Island
Sep 02, 2020
Normandy and D-Day Tour Guide Eric LeBoeuf
Sep 02, 2020
Roddie Edmonds: No Surrender
Aug 18, 2020
Just Some World War II Movie Talk
Aug 11, 2020
Grandpa and Pappy Boyington
Jul 29, 2020
Yamamoto "Dead Reckoning" Podcast with author Dick Lehr
Jul 08, 2020
"We'll Always Have Casablanca" author Noah Isenberg Joins us to talk about the iconic film
Jul 02, 2020
Author Daniel Allen Butler Joins our Podcast to talk about his book "Field Marshal: The Life and Death of Erwin Rommel"
Jun 25, 2020
Emmy Award-Winning Actor Kyle Chandler & Crew Join Us
Jun 16, 2020
Chris Wallace FOX News and Author of the new book Countdown 1945
Jun 15, 2020
Audie Murphy Podcast Featuring Historian and Author Henry Bodden
Jun 13, 2020
Podcast Dedicating the New Lighting of the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument in Normandy, France
Jun 06, 2020
New York Times Best-Selling and Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Rick Atkinson
Jun 04, 2020
Dale Dye (Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon)
May 28, 2020
20th anniversary of the World War II film U571. Cast and Director interviews.
May 22, 2020
Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona and Pacific War Historian Daniel Martinez Joins Us
May 14, 2020
Actor David McCallum of the Great Escape and Colditz
May 07, 2020
Jon Seda Podcast. Jon Portrayed "John Basilone" in HBO's The Pacific
May 06, 2020
Podcast with Erik Jendresen, Co-Creator, Lead Writer and Supervising Producer of HBO's "Band of Brothers"
Apr 21, 2020
NY Times Best-Selling Author Marcus Brotherton Drops By
Aug 29, 2019
Author Peter Lion Discusses Two of his Incredible WWII Books "The American St. Nick" and "Merg"
Aug 14, 2019
Day of Days: American Soldiers Remember June 6, 1944
Aug 01, 2019
Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice
Aug 01, 2019
The Making of the Movie Patton
Jul 26, 2019
The Last Doolittle Raider Dick Cole Talks About His Life and the April 18, 1942 Japan Raid
Jul 18, 2019
Famous George C. Scott Opening Speech from the movie "Patton"
Jul 15, 2019
Tim Gray interviews Auschwitz and Holocaust survivor Israel Arbeiter regarding his incredible story
Jul 15, 2019
President Ronald Reagan's Famous Normandy Pointe-du-Hoc Speech: Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion, D-Day 6/6/84
Jul 15, 2019
The B-17 Pilots Narrated by Dan Aykroyd
Jul 14, 2019
"Traffic Cops" off Omaha Beach on D-Day
Jul 14, 2019
Bill Belichick Talks about the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor
Jul 14, 2019
D-Day Veterans Visit with Students in Normandy, France
Jul 14, 2019