Patrick K. O'Donnell
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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 major killing grounds in World War I where the American Expeditionary Force fought, like the cemetery at Belleau Wood, for instance, the cemetery at the Meuse Argonne.
They sent teams there to identify the remains of unknown soldiers, and they specifically wanted an individual that had no identification whatsoever identified.
no diaries or letters that were on their uniforms, specifically screened them.
And then they brought several of those men back to a French town or city, and they lay several caskets with their flag draped in this room to identify an unknown soldier.
to bring home within the group.
And that honor fell upon a young enlisted man, younger was his name, who fought with the 2nd Infantry Division.
The 4th Brigade of the Marines were part of the 2nd Division.
This was an elite unit within the American Expeditionary Force that fought in most of the major battles.
And they were just a decisive sort of a super division, if you will.
And Younger is chosen because he's one of the most decorated and actually the most combat experienced soldier.
They initially decided they were going to have a German or an American officer, a general officer selected.
But the last minute, the French said, why don't you have an enlisted man?
Because they do the fighting.
And it falls upon Younger.
And I tell the story in my book, The Unknowns.
younger story as well as the Second Infantry Division, but more specifically, the Marine Corps, which they have eight men that are body bearers that bring back the remains, and they're the most decorated men in the AEF that Kershian can't select because they want to tell the story of what the Americans did in the AEF.
In the Marine Corps, there's an army.
Yeah, Steve.
They press into Mets and also Sudan where there's the main rail lines.
And this severs the main rail lines on the western front for the Germans.
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