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.

Episodes

Episode 3 - The First Special Service Force

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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Episode 2 - The Battle of Vimy Ridge & Maison Blanche

November 18, 2024 • 51 mins

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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Episode 1 - The Lost Men of the Martin Mariner

November 11, 2024 • 55 mins

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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Episode 1 Trailer

November 8, 2024 • 53 secs

Get ready for the first ever episode of the Finding Heroes Podcast!

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