Piecing Together Veterans Untold Stories with Author Stephen Moore

Published: Dec. 31, 2018, 7 a.m.

b"Stephen Moore, a sixth generation Texan, is the author of nineteen books on World War II and Texas history. His latest, Uncommon Valor from the Naval Institute Press, follows a Special Forces recon company in Vietnam. Steve, his wife, and their three children make their home north of Dallas, Texas.\\n\\nWhile not military himself, Stephen has been writing about military history for about 23 years. He is a marketing advertising professional by trade, but is passionate about collecting history from veterans. \\n\\nStephen Moore- Researching Untold Stories\\n\\nStephen Moore does his research by going to those guys that were in the trenches and spending time with them and trying to get the untold stories. He wants to know what they were thinking, what they were feeling, not just what might be in some action report. \\xa0Stephen wants to hear the real sweat and fear of being out in the jungle and what they experienced. \\n\\n\\u201cIt's a scramble because a lot of those guys are gone and the ones I've got left or 96, 99, 100 years old, their stories going to be around much longer.\\u201d \\u2013 Stephen Moore\\nPaying Tribute\\nStephen Moore does his research by going to those guys that were in the trenches and spending time with them and trying to get the untold stories. He wants to know what they were thinking, what they were feeling, not just what might be in some action report. \\xa0Stephen wants to hear the real sweat and fear of being out in the jungle and what they experienced. \\n\\n\\u201cSpeaking with these guys one on one at their reunions and getting the stories. It was an effort just to piece the story together. But what they accomplished was quite remarkable.\\u201d \\u2013 Stephen Moore\\nCurrent Project\\nStephen has been spending the past couple of years working on a book about naval aviation and the carrier battles in world war two. Stephen has been interviewing some of the fighter pilots, specifically some of the aces that flew during the Okinawa campaign in 1945. These are the guys that went up against the massive kamikaze waves coming in daily.\\xa0 Kind of a last ditch effort to save Okinawa and these islands before America moved onto the homeland. \\n\\n\\u201cThese guys are 96, 98, some of them are around a hundred years old that I'm talking to and unfortunately or I guess expectedly a handful of them have passed \\xa0just since I started taking on this project. So I kind of feel that the urge to interview as many people as I can while we still are blessed to have a few of these folks around.\\u201d \\u2013 Stephen Moore\\n\\nTo hear more from Stephen Moore and his experiences, download this episode.\\n\\nDon\\u2019t forget to leave us a 5-star rating and review if you enjoyed the show. We would love to hear from you!\\n\\nStephen Moore links:\\n\\nWebsite\\n\\nUncommon Valor\\n\\nDownload Joe Crane\\u2019s\\xa0Top 7 Paths to Freedom\\xa0or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. \\xa0\\nJoin the Veteran on the Move on Facebook!\\nCheck out\\xa0Veteran on the Move on Facebook\\xa0to connect with our guests! It\\u2019s a great place where you can stay in touch with other veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 Get updates and free gouge on the people, programs and resources to help you in your transition to entrepreneurship.\\n\\nVeteran On the Move\\xa0podcast has published over 250 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host\\xa0Joe Crane\\xa0. The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 As a result,\\xa0Veteran On the Move\\xa0has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through\\xa0Stitcher Radio,\\xa0Sound Cloud,\\xa0itunes\\xa0and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today."