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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But it pierces the formidable Hindenburg line, which just was laced with machine guns.

I've got one here.

Actually, it's deactivated, obviously.

But this is an 08-16, a Maxim machine gun that served on the Western Front.

I mean, it's camouflaged.

by the German army, even has a bullet hole in it.

But, I mean, this is what these guys faced on a daily basis.

This thing was called a light machine gun.

It was about 35 pounds, but could send down range 400 to 500 rounds a minute.

Absolutely.

The old guard is one of our oldest units.

And the guarding of the tomb dates back to the mid to late 1920s because the tomb was created on November 11, 1921, with President Harding presiding.

And then for several years, it was unguarded.

And what happened, though, there was a tremendous amount of disrespect to the tomb.

People would actually have picnics on and near the tomb.

And then they brought in the old guard and the ceremonies and the honor that they bring.

Arlington is the most sacred of all sacred grounds, Steve, within the United States.

It's just such a special and solemn place.

And, you know, after the American Civil War, Lee's Mansion was taken over and the dead of the war were buried there.

in and around its grounds and it continues to this day.

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