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On this episode of River to River we listen back to a couple of favorite book interviews from 2022.
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Production of the 155mm shells — ammunition sent overseas to help the war effort in Ukraine — is almost exclusively at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Middletown, Iowa.
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John Bay, born in Shenandoah, served as a U.S. Secret Service special agent assigned to the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations. He recounts his life and career, including preventing an assassination attempt.
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The USS Iowa — a battleship that aided the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War — is the subject of an upcoming Iowa PBS documentary.
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Major Katie Lunning, who resides in Urbandale, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross following her acts of heroism in Afghanistan. She is the second nurse to ever be presented with the medal.
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One year after the United States Armed Forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, we follow up with an Iowa veteran to get his thoughts on the exit.
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Submarine veteran Caleb Schneider and Lieutenant Taylor Boosmann discuss what it’s like working and living aboard a nuclear attack submarine ahead of the christening of the soon-to-be USS Iowa.
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A University of Iowa student has become the first in the country to receive a waiver to wear a turban and beard with his ROTC uniform.
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Hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials, and military members are among the 38,000 names listed as Oath Keepers, according to leaked membership documents.
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In 1948, Dubuque-native Jane Burrell died in a plane crash in France, making her the first Central Intelligence Agency officer to die in the agency’s service.