Together We Served.
This episode will explore the military accomplishments of Horace Carswell, Jr., and what causes him and other military members not to get the recognition and memory they deserve.
Sources
“Bing Crosby.” Last.fm. Accessed December 5, 2024.
Campola, Andrew. Interview with Dr. Miguel C. Leatham. October 15, 2024.
“The Debate over the Bomb,” Atomic Heritage Foundation. National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.
Audio Credits
“B-24 Engine Start & Takeoff,” Fight to Fly Studio.
“B24 Liberator Bomber Shot Down In Carolines Raid In WWII (1945),” War Archives.
Bing Crosby “The Bombardier Song,” The War Years Volume 1, Grammercy Records, 2009.
The Four Vagabonds, “Comin’ In On a Wing and a Prayer,” The Authentic History Center, 1943.
“Harry S. Truman’s Announcement of Victory in Europe,” Truman Library Institute, May 8, 1945.
“World War II: Air Marshal Harris on Bombing Raids,” British Paramount Newsreels, 1942.
For Further Information
“Maj Horace Seaver Carswell Jr.,” Air Force Historical Support Division.
Peter Gray and Sebastian Cox, Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo, Studies in Air Power. Routledge, 2002.
Richard J. Overy, The Air War, 1939-1945. Potomac Books, 2005.
Jeffrey Whiteford, “Horace Carswell, Jr.” Horned Frogs at War, 2017 .
Meet Our Guest
John Curatola serves as the Samuel Zemurray-Stone Senior Historian at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. A retired Marine Corps officer with 22 years of service, he is a veteran of multiple operations, including Operation Provide Hope in Somalia, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and relief efforts for the 2005 Indian Ocean tsunami. Dr. Curatola holds Master’s degrees in American and Military History and earned his PhD from the University of Kansas. His research emphasizes World War II, airpower, and the early stages of the Cold War. Previously, he taught history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His first two books, Bigger Bombs for a Brighter Tomorrow and Autumn of Our Discontent, examine U.S. national security and nuclear strategy in the early Cold War era.
Andrew Campola
Andrew is a senior from Dallas, Texas majoring in environmental and sustainability sciences.
Cade Fisher
Cade is a senior from Houston, Texas and is majoring in political science with a minor in general business.