No Home For Heroes

STAY TUNED FOR EPISODE 45 OF "NO HOME FOR HEROES" WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT A MISSING MARINE WHOSE CASE WAS SOLVED USING THE TINIEST OF CLUES ONLY GRUDGINGLY OBTAINED FROM THE GOVERNMENT BY USE OF A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AND ONE WHERE THE SOLUTION PROVED TO UNRAVEL NOT JUST ONE BUT TWO OF HISTORY’S MILITARY MYSTERIES. THE CASE IS PERHAPS THE MOST STUNNING VALIDATION TO DATE OF THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK DONE BY THE CHIEF RICK STONE AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INTO FINDING MISSING AMERICAN SERVICE MEN AND MISSING AMERICAN SERVICE WOMEN.

WORLD WAR ONE ENDED IN AN ARMISTICE ON THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE ELEVENTH MONTH OF 1918. EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER, THE WAR'S END INSPIRED THE CREATION OF VETERAN'S DAY ON NOVEMBER 11, 1919. TODAY'S EPISODE IF OUR SPECIAL 2019 TRIBUTE TO VETERAN'S DAY.  STAY TUNED TO EPISODE 44 OF "NO HOME FOR HEROES" WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO BUT WHO IS STILL REMEMBERED IN HIS SMALL HOMETOWN OF DERIDDER, LOUISIANA, POPULATION 10,578.    

  EPISODE 43 OF "NO HOME FOR HEROES" IS A SPECIAL STORY ABOUT ONE OF THE 27 NAVY CORPSMEN WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BATTLE OF TARAWA IN 1943.  STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT A LITTLE KNOWN GROUP OF MEN WHO WERE NOT WARRIORS BUT WHO WENT IN HARMS WAY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THEIR MARINE BUDDIES…AND ONE CORPSMAN IN PARTICULAR WHO DIDN’T COME HOME TO TEXAS AFTER THE WAR.  A VERY SPECIAL HERO INDEED!  

THIS EPISODE GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE RIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTIVE MIA CASE INVESTIGATION THAT IS FAR, FAR  FROM COMPLETE…POLISH YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS, PUT ON YOUR SHERLOCK HOLMES HAT AND FILL YOUR PIPE AS YOU PONDER QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS.  WHO KNOWS?  YOUR INSIGHT MAY HELP SOLVE A 76 YEAR OLD MYSTERY AND BRING ONE OR MORE MISSING AMERICAN HEROES HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.

STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU AN INCREDIBLE TALE ABOUT A MISSING MARINE WHO, DESPITE BEING FOUND FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES, TODAY STILL REMAINS ON THE LIST OF THOSE AMERICAN HEROES MISSING IN ACTION FROM WORLD WAR TWO.

STAY TUNED FOR EPISODE 40 OF "NO HOME FOR HEROES" WHILE WE TELL YOU WHAT ATOMIC BOMBS, MISSING JEWELS, A HOLLYWOOD STAR, AND A GHOST’S IDENTIFICATION CARD HAVE TO DO WITH AN AIRPLANE BURIED IN A GLACIER FOR OVER 60 YEARS WITH 52 MISSING SERVICEMEN ON BOARD. IT IS GUARANTEED TO BE A REAL "TWILIGHT ZONE" JOURNEY INTO “FINDING OLD SHAKY”.

PART ONE OF EPISODE 39 OF “NO HOME FOR HEROES” IS PERHAPS OUR ALL-TIME WINNER IN THE “TWLIGHT ZONE” CATEGORY. RARELY DO WE INVESTIGATE ONE OF HISTORY’S MILITARY MYSTERIES THAT CONTAINS SO MANY BIZARRE COINCIDENCES AND ODD HEAD SCRATCHERS THAT WE HAVE TO NUMBER THEM JUST TO KEEP ALL THE STRANGE FACTS STRAIGHT. WHAT DO ATOMIC BOMBS, MISSING JEWELS, A HOLLYWOOD STAR, A FAMOUS POLITICIAN'S RELATIVE, AND A GHOST’S ID CARD HAVE IN COMMON? STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE CASES WE HAVE EVER INVESTIGATED. AN AIRPLANE BURIED IN A GLACIER FOR OVER 60 YEARS WITH 52 MISSING SERVICEMEN ON BOARD AND ENOUGH MYSTERIES TO FILL A NOVEL.

SOMETIMES THE CHIEF RICK STONE AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION RECEIVES THE STRANGEST AND SIMPLIEST REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FAMILIES OF MIA’S, BUT EPISODE 38 IS REALLY IN A CATEGORY OF ITS OWN. THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED WHEN YOU ARE GONE? A NICE GUY PERHAPS? MAYBE A GOOD WIFE AND MOTHER? AN AMERICAN HERO?…NOT A BAD EPITAPH. WELL, HOW ABOUT A GIRLFRIEND FROM 70 YEARS AGO WHO REMEMBERS YOU AS “THE LOVE OF MY LIFE?" STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT THE LEGACY LEFT BEHIND BY ONE OF OUR AMERICAN MIA HEROES THAT WAS REMEMBERED BY OVER SEVENTY YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.

SOMETIMES THE MOST MUNDANE ITEMS LEFT BEHIND AT THE SCENE CAN SOLVE A MYSTERY.  A PARKING TICKET SOLVED THE SON OF SAM MURDERS.  A DISCARDED CIGARETTE BUTT HAS BEEN THE KEY CLUE TO MANY DNA IDENTIFICATIONS OF CRIMINAL SUSPECTS.  AND IN TODAY'S EPISODE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AN OFFICER’S UNIFORM CAP AND ADD IT TO MODERN FORENSIC INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES TO SOLVE A MILITARY MYSTERY THAT HAS BAFFLED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR ALMOST 78 YEARS.   SO SIT BACK, RELAX, PUT YOUR FEET UP AND, YES, EVEN TILT YOUR CAP BACK ON YOUR HEAD AS WE TAKE A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR THROUGH TIME  ON “NO HOME FOR HEROES”.  IT IS OUR MISSION TODAY TO HOPEFULLY BRING CLOSURE TO AN ENDURING MYSTERY FROM THE DARK DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR IN 1941.

IN EPISODE 36 WE WILL LEARN ABOUT A YOUNG ALABAMA BOY WHO LEFT THE FARM DURING WORLD WAR 2 TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY. WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS, PRIVATE WILLIAM FRANKLIN COWART HAD PROBABLY NEVER BEEN FARTHER FROM HOME THAN MISSISSIPPI. BUT, IN A FAR AWAY LAND, HE BECAME A MAN, A HUSBAND, A FATHER, A HERO…AND A MIA. STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE TALE OF LOVE AND LOSS THAT CONTINUES TO THIS VERY DAY ON “NO HOME FOR HEROES.”

TODAY’S EPISODE ON “NO HOME FOR HEROES” IS THE SECOND OF TWO EPISODES ABOUT A WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER GIVEN THE NAME “SILVER DOLLAR”, ITS FATEFUL END, AND THE FINDING ALL OF THE MISSING CREW MEMBERS WHO RODE IT INTO BATTLE OVER THE SKIES OF GERMANY. STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU HOW WE LEARNED AN INCREDIBLE TALE OF HEROISM THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TOLD, HOW WE INTERVIEWED A WITNESS TO THE CRASH OF THE "SILVER DOLLAR" AFTER OVER 67 YEARS, WHY NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD HIS STORY BEFORE… AND, IN THE END, DETAILS ABOUT ONE MYSTERY ABOUT THE "SILVER DOLLAR" THAT REMAINS TO THIS DAY. .

EPISODE 34 OF “NO HOME FOR HEROES” IS THE STORY OF A WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER GIVEN THE NAME “SILVER DOLLAR”, ITS FATEFUL END, AND FINDING ALL OF THE MISSING CREW MEMBERS WHO RODE IT INTO BATTLE OVER THE SKIES OF GERMANY…IN THE END, ONE MYSTERY STILL REMAINS. STAY TUNED WHILE WE TELL YOU HOW WE LEARNED AN INCREDIBLE TALE OF HEROISM THAT HAD NEVER BEEN TOLD AND HOW WE INTERVIEWED A WITNESS TO THE CRASH OF THE SILVER DOLLAR AFTER OVER 67 YEARS…AND WHY NO ONE HAD EVER HEARD HIS STORY. SPOILER ALERT…THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SILVER DOLLAR IS OUR FIRST TWO PART EPISODE…THE INTRIGUING TALE IS JUST TOO BIG OF A STORY TO FIT INTO ONE PODCAST!

THIS IS TRULY A SPECIAL EPISODE OF “NO HOME FOR HEROES” BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ON WHAT IS PROBABLY THE HOLY GRAIL OF ALL MIA CASE INVESTIGATIONS…JUST WHO IS BURIED IN THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER? EVEN ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE ANSWER IS CONTROVERSIAL, BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN SHY ABOUT COURTING CONTROVERSY. STAY TUNED AND WE WILL PUT ON OUR BEANIE WITH A PROPELLER ON TOP AND JOIN THE RANKS OF “PROPELLER HEADS” ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO PROPOSE WILD THEORIES ABOUT HISTORY’S MYSTERIES. THIS PROMISES TO BE A WILD AND CRAZY EPISODE.  IT WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR US TO PRODUCE...AND HOPEFULLY, A LOT OF FUN HISTORICAL INFORMATION  FOR YOU TO LEARN TODAY ON "NO HOME FOR HEROES."

  EPISODE 32 IS FROM CASE NUMBER 0378 IN THE INVESTIGATIVE CASE FILES OF THE CHIEF RICK STONE AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. WE KNOW THAT TODAY IS NOT “MOTHER’S DAY” BUT ALMOST EVERYONE OF OUR MIA’S LEFT A MOTHER BEHIND WHEN THEY WENT OFF TO WAR…A MOTHER WHO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SON FOR MONTHS WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE OR WHAT KIND OF DANGER THEY WERE IN…UNTIL THAT FATEFUL TELEGRAM ARRIVED AT THE FRONT DOOR TELLING THE MOM THE WORST POSSIBLE NEWS.   STAY TUNED AND WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE CASE OF JUST ONE MOTHER’S SON WHO BECAME MISSING IN ACTION AND THE MOTHER SIMPLY REFUSED TO BELIEVE HE WAS GONE…RIGHT UP UNTIL THE DAY SHE DIED.  

TODAY’S EPISODE IS FROM CASE NUMBER 0216 IN THE INVESTIGATIVE CASE FILES OF THE CHIEF RICK STONE AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. SOMETIMES SOLVING ONE OF HISTORY’S MILITARY MYSTERIES IS KINDA LIKE BAKING A CAKE…YOU ADD A LITTLE OF THIS, YOU FIND A LITTLE OF THAT IN THE PANTY, YOU SHAKE, YOU STIR, YOU BAKE AND…OUILLA, SOMETIMES IT ALL COMES TOGETHER IN ONE INCREDIBLE OUTCOME! STAY TUNED WHILE WE FILL YOU IN ON HOW WE PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS TO BAKE THE MASTERPIECE KNOWN AS “FINDING RABBIT” ON “NO HOME FOR HEROES”!

EPISODE 30 SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LONGER TITLE SUCH AS “EVERY BURIAL AS AN UNKNOWN IF REALLY A MIA…WAITING TO BE FOUND AND GIVEN HIS OR HER NAME BACK”. DID YOU KNOWN THERE ARE OVER 8,000 “UNKNOWNS” FROM WORLD WAR II BURIED IN AMERICAN MILITARY CEMETERIES WORLDWIDE? TODAY’S STORY WILL FEATURE JUST ONE…OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AS “SCHOFIELD MAUSOLEUM NUMBER ONE, UNKNOWN X-98. STAY TUNED AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF HOW A MISSING AMERICAN HERO CAN BECOME JUST A NUMBER.   AND, IN A REAL SURPRISING SOLUTION TO THIS MYSTERY,  WE'LL GIVE YOU THE EXACT NAME OF THE MISSING AMERICAN MARINE THAT SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS “UNKNOWN X-98.”

THE MARINE IN TODAY’S EPISODE WAS A MOST UNLIKELY CANDIDATE TO BE A HERO. HE WAS ASSIGNED AS A MACHINE GUNNER BUT HE WANTED TO BE A COOK…AND, WE SHOULD TELL YOU RIGHT UP FRONT THAT OUR HERO IN TODAY’S STORY DIED IN THE ARMS OF HIS SERGEANT BUT HE REMAINS MISSING IN ACTION AFTER OVER 75 YEARS. STAY TUNED TO "NO HOME FOR HEROES" AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS INCREDIBLE TALE OF HEROISM AND COMRADERIE OF A MAN WHO REFUSED TO ALLOW HIS BUDDIES TO GO TO WAR WITHOUT HIM.

IN 1942 A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRIESTHOOD WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE LEFT THE SEMINARY AND JOINED THE MARINE CORPS AS A PRIVATE. LANDING ON A FIRE SWEPT PACIFIC ISLAND A YEAR LATER HE LOST HIS LIFE AND THEN HIS COUNTRY LOST HIM. OUR HERO IN TODAY’S STORY REMAINS A MIA AFTER OVER 75 YEARS! STAY TUNED AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS SPECIAL STORY…WITH AN EVEN MORE UNBELIEVABLE TWIST AT THE END!

EPISODE 27 IS ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND SAD CASES IN OUR FILES. SOMETIMES THE FAMILY LORE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION ABOUT AN AMERICAN HERO TURNS OUT TO BE JUST PLAIN WRONG.  AND TRAGICALLY IN TODAY'S STORY, A SOLDIER'S FINAL RESTING PLACE IS LOST TO THE FAMILY EVEN WHEN THE HERO LIES JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOME TO WHICH HE NEVER RETURNED. STAY TUNED AND WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF A MYSTERIOUS STORY OF LOSS AND REMEMBERANCE.

EPISODE 26 IS FROM CASE NUMBER 0249 IN THE INVESTIGATIVE CASE FILES OF THE CHIEF RICK STONE AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. THE MIA FEATURED IN OUR STORY TODAY IS ONE OF THE “LOST PHANTOMS OF TARAWA” THAT WERE FEATURED IN EPISODE 15…BUT TODAY, WE GET A CHANCE TO FOCUS IN ON A SPECIAL ONE OF OUR “PHANTOMS” IN OUR SPECIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY EPISODE…BECAUSE.. PRIVATE PAUL FRANKLIN HUFFMAN IS THE ONLY ONE OF 1,090 TARAWA CASUALTIES WHO WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY…AND HE REMAINS…MISSING IN ACTION AFTER OVER 75 YEARS STAY TUNED WHILE WE OFFER OUR ANALYSIS OF WHERE PRIVATE HUFFMAN CAN FINALLY BE FOUND, RECOVERED, AND IDENTIFIED...ALL ON TODAY’S EPISODE OF “NO HOME FOR HEROES”!