The Warrior Next Door Podcast

Tony Lupo, Ryan Fairfield
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We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield.  We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!

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  1. EPISODE 235

    Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 1/3, Series 50: HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville

    Welcome to Episode 1 of this unique new series where we witness a online meeting between an Irish sailor from WWII whose ship the HMS Capel was sunk off Cherbourg, France and the US Coast Guardsman who may have attended his rescue. In this first episode we discuss how this event came about and we meet our two veterans. Support the show

    46 min

  2. EPISODE 236

    Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 2/3, Series 50; HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville

    Welcome to episode 2 of the Jack Hamlin-Morell Murphy series. In Episode 1 we discussed how this event came to be and we met our 2 veterans: Morell Murphy, an Irish sailor whose ship was sunk by a sub off Cherbourg and Jack Hamlin, a Coast Guardsman who came to his rescue. In this episode we discuss the events surrounding the sinking of the SS Leopoldville, HMS Cappell and HMS Affleck and give our reactions on each gentleman’s observations of the traumatic events. Support the show

    43 min

  3. EPISODE 237

    Murphy-Hamlin Online Discussion Ep 3/3, Series 50: HMS Capel, Rescue Flotilla One, SS Leopoldville

    Welcome to Episode 3 of the Hamlin-Morrell series. In our last episode, we learned the details of the sinkings of the SS Leopoldville, HMS Cappell and HMS Affleck around Christmas 1944 off Cherbourg. In this episode, follow up questions are asked in the original Zoom call and we piece together details that might never have been known if not for this amazing meeting of these two heroes. Support the show

    58 min

  4. EPISODE 238

    AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe! - PART 1 of 2 SERIES 51

    We announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional content for TWND that our listeners may enjoy. These include historically rich locations around Wiltz, a field trip with Berten and Shane to various WWII battlefields, at tour of the Manhay Museum, a hike through the Hurtgen forest and much more!   Support the show

    48 min

  5. EPISODE 240

    AIR RAID EDITION! An overview of future content from our recent trip to Europe - PART 2 of 2 SERIES 51

    We announced in late 2024 that TWND were invited by author Peter Lion to Wiltz Luxembourg for the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the American St. Nick! We decided to add a number of stops to our itinerary to help develop additional content for TWND that our listeners may enjoy. These include historically rich locations around Wiltz, a field trip with Berten and Shane to various WWII battlefields, at tour of the Manhay Museum, a hike through the Hurtgen forest and much more!  Support the show

    54 min

  6. EPISODE 241

    TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - PART 1 of 2 SERIES 52

    Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on his podcast in November of 2024. In this episode we share how we were able to meet and interview Donald Miller, the author of Masters of the Air, which was the source material for the mini-series of the same name that aired on Apple TV. We followed-up with clips from an interview with John "Lucky" Luckadoo, who was a member of the Bloody 100th bomb group who survived the early days of the 8th Air Force bombing raids over Germany.  Support the show

    1h 9m

  7. EPISODE 243

    TWND shares clips from 2024 with Ray Harris Jr. of The History of WWII Podcast - PART 2 of 2 SERIES 52

    Ray has been kind enough to allow TWND to crash his podcast, The History of WWII, for the past three years where we share select clips from veterans we've featured that year on The Warrior Next Door Podcast. These two episodes are what aired on his podcast in November of 2024. In this episode we share clips from an interview with Jack Hamlin, who was a rescue diver for the US Coast Guard during the invasion of Normandy on Omaha beach where he saved countless lives. Support the show

    52 min

  8. EPISODE 244

    AIR RAID EDITION! Tony and Ryan explore the USO! SERIES 53

    Many of the vets we've interviewed have had SOMETHING to say about the USO. So, in this Air Raid Edition, we share some of the remembrances and unpack why this was so important to the veterans we've interviewed.  Support the show

    41 min
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We explore the oral histories of World War II veterans from interviews conducted by your hosts Tony Lupo and Ryan Fairfield.  We play selected clips from these veteran interviews to explore their experiences in their own words with the hosts providing compelling commentary and historical context. Be ready to get some mud on your boots!

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  • Creator
    Tony Lupo, Ryan Fairfield
  • Episodes
    218
  • Seasons
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Warrior Next Door, LLC
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    The Warrior Next Door Podcast

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