Ep 157: Frank Cohn—Veterans Day Special
Frank Cohn joins the show to talk about his life: fleeing Hitler’s Germany, his return as a U.S. soldier tasked with hunting Nazi’s, his service in Vietnam, and more.
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Show Notes
Watch this episode on YouTube. Frank Cohn joins the show to talk about his life: fleeing Hitler’s Germany, his return as a U.S. soldier tasked with hunting Nazi’s, his service in Vietnam, and more.
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• 01:55 Introduction
• 02:15 A Nazi in the classroom
• 05:47 Martin and Ruth
• 17:35 Leaving Germany
• 19:22 New York City
• 22:50 Pearl Harbor
• 30:47 Back to Europe
• 35:30 Nazi Hunter
• 39:48 POW for a moment
• 42:32 The Dutch lady
• 50:40 Camps
• 52:30 Crossing the Elbe
• 59:20 Interrogations
• 01:05:40 Paying back the country
• 01:08:51 Paula
• 01:14:50 Military Police and Vietnam
• 01:18:40 Angus
• 01:21:12 Lessons
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