This episode discusses the invasion at Normandy as well as two TCU alumni who fought and lost their lives during World War II.
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Sidney Lopez-Williams
Sidney Lopez-Williams is a junior from San Antonio, Texas majoring in Communications.
Armando Saldana
Armando Saldana is a Marine Corps veteran majoring in Computer Information Technology.
For Further Reading
Ambrose, Stephen, D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (New York, Simon & Schuster, 1994).
Hastings, Max. Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984).
Lewis, Adrian. Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001).
McManus, John C. The Americans at Normandy: The summer of 1944, The American War from the Normandy Beaches to Falaise (New York: Forge, 2004).
Meet our Guest
Dr. John C. McManus is an award-winning author, military historian, and professor of military history at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. McManus is a St. Louis, Missouri native and attended the University of Missouri where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sports journalism, then an M.A. in American History. He earned a Ph.D. in American History and Military History at the University of Tennessee. He is also a host for two podcasts named Someone Talked! and We Have Ways of Making You Talk in the USA. Dr. McManus is currently working on a project which is a major three volume history of the U.S. Army in the Pacific/Asia theater during World War II.