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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Behind me is the slaughter pen and Devil's Den in the Valley of Death.
I mean, this is a glorious day.
I've been here at least 100 times.
This is one of the most incredible days I've ever been here.
That's correct, Steve.
This is one of the greatest inflection points in history right here on Little Round Top.
Had they been able to seize Little Round Top, they would have gotten behind Lee's army and potentially flanked it and forced to retreat.
they were told to hold at all costs steve and their position was tenuous they were the far left and they had to hold at all cost and they you know they're assaulted uh four times by the 15th alabama under william c oats and they are nearly overrun they're out of ammunition they're taking the they're taking ammunition from the dead
And it's here that the, the great, uh, counterattack, which is a bayonet charge, it's kind of a swinging door takes place and they, they capture portions of the 15th Alabama and force them to retreat.
One of the great inflection points, one of the great small unit actions in military history, um, in American history.
The 15th Alabama and the other elements of John Bell Hood's brigade were extraordinary this day, as well as those in the Union Army.
This was a hold at all costs and a take at all costs.
This is one of the great inflection points in history.
I touch upon this a little bit in The Unvanquished, which is out in trade paperback this week.
It's there that Mosby plays a role indirectly of leading Jeff Stewart's Calvary Corps on a long raid where they're exactly in the wrong place at the wrong time, where they could have been Lee's eyes and ears at Gettysburg.
Yeah.
I was with 3-1 and the assault force at Fallujah.
And I wrote We Were One, which is on the Commandant's reading list.
And yeah, I participated in sense of giving Michael Peck some of that footage for the last 600 meters, which is a great, great film, a tremendous film.
I remember watching it for the first time.
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