Patrick K. O'Donnell
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672 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 29 Aug
Patrick K. O'Donnell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Cold War is in bloom.
And we've already had World War II.
So there's a passing of World War I in this memory.
And now it's to commemorate all veterans who have served.
And the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where we're visiting now, is sort of the ultimate recognition of that service for all veterans.
That's correct, Steve.
The French are the first to commemorate the service of veterans, and they choose one soldier that is unidentified in their remains, and then they honor that veteran.
And then the British follow.
And then there were about 2,100 American soldiers that were not unidentified.
uh there were unknowns in in world war one and there was a movement here in the united states to bring the boys home there were tens of thousands of american bodies in in europe
And there was a groundswell of a movement within the United States to bring the boys home.
And the Army initially said, well, they'll be able to identify the 2,100 unknowns.
And then there became a movement after seeing the French and the British recognize an unknown soldier within the United States.
And a woman, an editor with a paper called The Delineator,
Marie Maloney was a key proponent to bring home the boys, along with Congressman Hamilton Fish from New York City.
And he was an officer within the
an all-black unit that fought on the Western Front.
He wanted to recognize his men as well as the unknowns.
And there becomes this kind of groundswell to bring home an unknown soldier.
And the process begins in September 1921, where they look at the major cemeteries, which also mirror
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