Finding Heroes

Finding Heroes

Join Ancestry®, military historian Professor David O'Keefe, and historical investigator Wayne Abbott as they research lost war artifacts using family history records and connect forgotten heroes with their present-day families.

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November 25, 2024 47 mins
On this episode of the Finding Heroes Podcast, historical investigator Wayne Abbott and military historian Professor David O'Keefe discuss one of the great fighting regiments in World War Two, the First Special Service Force and their daring operation to take a mountain top in Italy.
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In this episode of Finding Heroes, the team takes you into a medieval cave in France known as Maison Blanche, that housed Canadian soldiers during World War One. These men who would eventually fight, and some die, at Vimy Ridge, between April 9th and 12th, 1917, left their marks by creating intricate carvings and etchings on the walls of Maison Blanche. Listen to how Wayne and Dave solve 100-year-old mysteries by connecting the nam...
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Welcome to the first ever episode of the Finding Heroes Podcast. In this episode your hosts Professor David O'Keefe and Wayne Abbott discuss the Mariner search and rescue plane that went missing in 1945, the same night as the infamous Flight 19.
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November 8, 2024 53 secs
Get ready for the first ever episode of the Finding Heroes Podcast!
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