“The 32nd Infantry Division during World War II,” University Place public lecture series, PBS Wisconsin, July 8, 2025
PBS Wisconsin recorded the talk I gave for the Wisconsin Historical Society on the Red Arrow Division for its University Place series. I am honored and grateful.
“Episode 329: 32nd Division in World War II,” History Happy Hour podcast, March 2, 2025.
I enjoyed some Scotch and some interesting conversation about Red Arrow across the Pacific with Christopher Alexander and Rick Beyer on their superb podcast.
“Interview with Mark Van Ells,” Packaged Tourist podcast, January 21, 2025.
“Red Arrow across the Pacific: The Thirty-Second Infantry Division during World War II,” Shepherd Express, December 20, 2024.
A nice little piece about my book in a Milwaukee alternative newspaper.
“Remembering Wisconsin’s ‘Red Arrow’ Soldiers,” Wisconsin Public Radio, November 14, 2024.
My appearance on the program “Wisconsin Today” about Red Arrow across the Pacific.
“Focus Fox Valley,” WHBY Radio, November 7, 2024.
My conversation with Hayley Tenpas on WHBY in Appleton, Wisconsin about Red Arrow across the Pacific.
“Recent Publications,” Chicano Studies Research Center Newsletter, Fall 2024.
I used the James and Margarita Mendez Papers in the CSRC manuscript collection for Red Arrow across the Pacific, and the center mentioned the book in its newsletter. Thanks!
Credits for The American Experience: Nazi-Town, USA, January 23, 2024.
I had a very minor consulting role in this film and was honored to get a “special thanks” credit.
“A Night at the Garden Reveals a Startling Piece of American History,” Wisconsin Public Radio, February 22, 2019.
My comments on this Oscar-nominated short documentary and its Wisconsin connections.
“‘NYC Doughboy Day’ World War I Living History Event a Big Success at Governors Island,” U.S. World War I Centennial Commission, September 19, 2016.
I was honored to participate in this WWI commemorative event in New York City.
“Program 445: Paul Theroux Deep South; More World War I Sites,” Travel With Rick Steves, May 28, 2016
My return visit to Rick’s program with more WWI travel tips
Frommer’s Travel Show, WABC Radio, May 21, 2016
My conversation with Pauline Frommer and Jason Cochran about WWI sites in the US and Europe.
Arthur von Wiesenberger’s Around the World TV, April 28, 2016
My call-in appearance on this television and radio program out of Santa Barbara, California to discuss my WWI travel guide.
“Program 423: Backdoor Balkans; World War I Travel Sites; Krakow,” Travel with Rick Steves, November 7, 2015
My appearance on the NPR radio program of America’s most trusted travel expert.
“America and WWI: A Traveler’s Guide – History and Travel in Once Place,” OnTravel.com, June 28, 2015.
My interview with Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman for their popular travel-themed radio program.
“Nazi Summer Camps in 1930s America?” National Public Radio, April 28, 2015
This NPR story includes a quote from my 2007 article on the German American Bund in America in WWII.
Radio Free Woodhaven, December 26, 2014
My interview on a weekly Internet radio program in Queens, NY, about my WWI book.
“Book Puts Jamaica Bay at the Center of World War I,” Queens Times-Ledger, December 22, 2014
A story in a local Queens, NY newspaper about my WWI book.
“Bookshelf,” On Wisconsin, Winter 2014
A blurb about my WWI book from the University of Wisconsin alumni magazine. My book is the second one down.
“Travel Minute – Veteran’s Day Travel,” rudymaxa.com, November 17, 2014
A little shout out about my WWI book from Rudy Maxa, one of America’s top travel gurus.
“Croton Man Writes Guide To World War I Sites,” Cortlandt Daily Voice, June 23, 2014.
“Fighting the Japanese in Burma, Surviving Malaria,” CBSNews.com, November 4, 2013
Part of CBSNews.com’s “Celebrating Our Heroes”series, the article features a WWII veteran I interviewed back in the 1990s, and gives me a “shout out.”
Herman Blise, Hampshire’s Big Theme Channel, YouTube, October 30, 2013.
A film made by Hampshire’s Big Theme, a project of Hampshire Museums in southern England, as part of their WWI commemorations. I am interviewed in the film.
First Aero Squadron Foundation Newsletter, September 2013
While visiting Columbus, New Mexico in the course of researching my WWI book, Bill Wehner of the First Aero Squadron Foundation gave me the grand tour of his interesting town, and even mentioned my visit in the foundation’s newsletter. RIP, Bill.
“Wis. vet: ‘I was washed out to sea,'” Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa), November 11, 2011
This article, based on an interview with a veteran of the 1945 USS Indianapolis sinking, referenced To Hear Only Thunder Again.
Larry Meiller Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, October 28, 2008.
Larry and I talked about my Wisconsin history travel guide
“Research and the Classroom: A View from the Community College,” Perspectives on History, November 2006.
I was one of several community college scholars interviewed for this article, in the news magazine of the American Historical Association, about how our research enhances our teaching.
“Veterans’ Stories Told in Fiction, Nonfiction,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, November 11, 2001.
To Hear Only Thunder Again was featured in the article.
“Queens Profile,” Newsday, September 11, 2001.
Long Island’s premier newspaper ran this nice little piece about me – on one of the most tragic days in US history.
“Reintegration of World War II Analyzed in New Book,” Queens Chronicle, August 30, 2001.
“Professors with Pens: Two Borough College Teachers Offer Intriguing Books,” Queens Times-Ledger, August 16, 2001.
“WWII Vets Featured in Book by QCC Professor,” Western Queens Gazette, August 15, 2001.
A little local press for my first book, To Hear Only Thunder Again.