Tomorrow Town, Tennessee

Last week the Congressional Medal of Honor Society celebrated the Medal of Honor and all of the Medal's recipients in a historic and unforgettable weekend in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

In this episode, we look back on the week and hear from Medal of Honor recipients General Pat Brady and Captain Florent Groberg.

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Marine Corps Veteran Richard Cobb tells the story of what he witnessed on the first day at the Battle at Hue City. Mr. Cobb fought with the Golf 2/5 Marines and was there every day of the battle. He made it the full 32 days at Hue with suffering any major injuries. This battle is remembered as one of the bloodiest and arguably the pivotal fight of the 10 year war in Vietnam. The U.S. Forces in Hue are clearly out numbered,...

It's the second day of the Battle for Hue and it's quickly becoming clear to many of the Marines on the ground that this fight is different than what they experienced prior to this. They've lost dozens of Marines and Navy corpsmen who've been killed or wounded in the fight, they are clearly out numbered, they haven't been trained for urban environments, the rules of engagement in the battle are different than anything they...

We have been telling the story of the Battle for Hue in the Vietnam War in early 1968 in our series titled The Battle That Changed Everything.

Bill Purcell fought with Alpha 1/1. Alpha Company 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Alpha Company was the first company of Marines who were sent into Hue after NVA troops overran the city in the early morning hours of January 31, 1968.

Bill Purcell was a big part of our first...

If you live in the Chattanooga area or watch NewsChannel 9 from someplace farther away, you likely know David Glenn.

He grew up in the area, and he's been our Chief Meteorologist at NewsChannel 9 and Fox Chattanooga for about 19 years, but before that he worked in Mobile, Alabama and was there when Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

Later this week, we will mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina.

So, on this episode I talk to D...

Our series The Battle That Changed Everything continues. This is our look at the Battle for Hue in the Vietnam War.

In this episode we follow the Golf Company 2/5 Marines on the first day of the battle. On the afternoon of January 31, 1968, Golf Company is sent across the Perfume River bridge to rescue a South Vietnamese General who is surrounded inside a walled fortress on the north side of the city of Hue.

What happens whe...

Marine Corps Veteran Grady Birdsong .fought in the Vietnam War.

We recently released our first episode of our special series on the Battle for Hue called The Battle that Changed Everything. Grady is part of our series.

A conversation with Grady about the months leading up to the Tet Offensive, leadership during this period of the war, leadership changes after the war, and much more.

Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is hosted, produce...

We are starting a brand new series about the Battle for Hue in the war in Vietnam called The Battle That Changed Everything.

In this episode we introduce you to some of the Marines you'll get to know through this journey, and we take you through the beginning hours of this historic battle.

This series is part of our podcast, Tomorrow Town, Tennessee.

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You can find a list of the books and other materials that helped ...

In two weeks we will begin a special series we've been working on all year.

The series is titled, The Battle That Changed Everything. The series is six main episodes looking at the Battle for Hue in the Vietnam War.

We will also have lots of bonus content including extended interviews and more.

The first episode will be released on July 31.

In this preview episode I travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to talk to Marine Corps vetera...

Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Rodman has had a fascinating career.

She has degrees from Duke and Harvard. She was a White House Fellow. She served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She deployed to Afghanistan and has had many other interesting stops and experiences along the way including being a USMC Ambassador for the Marine Corps' 250th Birthday.

On this episode, Josh Roe talk...

Cleveland Tennessee's Alvin Jackson fought in war in Vietnam.

We told his story the first time in 2020, and we've told more of that story in the years since.

Friends, loved ones, and non-profits learned that Alvin and his wife Zandra's home was in bad shape and over the last few years they built them a new one.

The Jackson family finally got the keys to that home in the summer of 2023, but just a few months later Alvin lost h...

In late 1965, Marine Corps Major Donald J. Reilly was the most decorated Marine in the war in Vietnam. Major Reilly flew rescue missions in a Huey Helicopter. On December 9th of that year Donald Reilly flew his final mission.

He killed and action and buried near his family in Memphis, Tennessee, but as the years and people's lives moved forward no one else was buried in that cemetery along side Major Reilly. So after her mo...

There are many ways to learn about history. One of the best ways is to listen to the people who lived it.

On this episode we listen to Marine Corps Veteran Captain Ray Lewis. Captain Lewis joined the Marines in 1966. He flew missions as a pilot of A-4E Skyhawk in 1970 in the War in Vietnam.

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On this episode, a conversation with Marine combat veteran, co-founder of the apparel company Grunt Style and another of those outstanding ambassadors for the Marine Corps' 250th birthday, Tim Jensen.

The Marines will celebrate 250 years on November 10, 2025.

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On this episode Josh Roe talks to retired Marine Corps Major Chuck Casey.

If you have listened our past episodes I've posted about our trip to Vietnam in the fall of last year you may remember Major Casey.

He was one of the organizers of that trip and I'll share a couple of personal observations and he has worked for years to bring Vietnam Veterans back to the battlefields of that war.

In this episode, you'll hear...

On this episode a conversation with Marine Corps Veteran E.J. Goodroe.

E.J. is the Director of the Office of Military and Veteran Services at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and he is also ... a Marine Corps Ambassador for the 250th birthday. The Marines will turn 2 hundred and 50 years old November 10, 2025.

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The Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center will soon unveil a new exhibit that tells the legendary story of Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam War Cobra Helicopter Pilot Larry Taylor.

Back in October 2018, I sat down with Captain Taylor as he told me the incredible story of the night he rescued 4 soldiers on June 18, 1968.

This conversation happened 50 years after that combat action and 5 years before he ...

An incredible story one Vietnam War fighter pilot told Josh Roe about his role in a dangerous mission in the skies over North Vietnam.

Kit Smith's was a fighter pilot in the war and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the first bombing mission over Hanoi.

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Riley Tejcek has accomplished a lot in a short period of time.

The 28 year old is a captain in the Marine Corps and an ambassador for the Marine Corps’ 250th Birthday.

She's a former collegiate softball player at George Washington, and right now as this podcast is being released she is competing to make the Team USA Olympic Bobsled Team. If she gets to the games she would be the first female Marine to compete in the Olympics...