The Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation co-created by Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard, and General James L. Jones, Jr., a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general, to help U.S., and later, U.K. military veterans find high-quality careers. The Endowment funds non-profit organizations that help former service members transition to high quality civilian careers after their military service and raises awareness of the value veterans bring to the workplace. President Dan Goldenberg talks to host Jim Fausone.

Primary partners receiving Endowment funding today include AMVETS (since 2011), Vet Jobs (since 2013), Hire Heroes USA (since 2010), JVS SoCal (since 2014), Operation: Job Ready Veterans (since 2015), The Forces Employment Charity (since 2017), Still Serving Veterans (since 2011), US VETS (since 2013), Veterans Inc. (since 2013), and Walking With The Wounded (since 2017).

Our first guest is Medal of Honor recipient Col. Paris Davis

Paris D. Davis (born 13 May 1939) is a retired United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor on 3 March 2023 for his actions on 18 June 1965 during the Vietnam War. He was previously nominated twice for the Medal of Honor, but both times the paperwork relating to his nomination disappeared. Davis, then a captain with the 5th Special Forces Group, was instead awarded the Silver Star. After 50 years, his award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Col. Davis tells this story to Veterans Radio host Jim Fausone.

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Our next guest is retired nurse and Author Debbie Maulding

Debbie Maulding, a retired nurse, has written “The Angels of Bataan and Corregidor – A Legacy of Honor, Duty, and Compassion”. This is the story of 11 Navy nurses captured in World War II and held for 37 months as Japanese POWs. She talks about these amazing women with host Jim Fausone.

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USAF vet Susan Galvin, MD was at the Pentagon on 9/11 seeing patients when the terrorist plane crashed. She talks about her military career, that infamous day and receiving the US Army Soldier's Medal for her actions that day. She credits the medial team and tells her personal story to host Jim Fausone.

Tune in for a discussion on “Pension Poaching” and how to avoid it.

Attorney Kristina Derro from Legal Help For Veterans joins us to discuss “Pension Poaching”. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) cautions veterans to be alert to a form of financial exploitation known as “pension poaching.” VA pension benefits are available to wartime veterans or their surviving spouses who meet certain age or disability requirements and have limited income and net worth.

Next, we talk to our Special Guest

Paul Palazzolo is President of the Vietnam Veterans of America’s Chapter 9 in Detroit, Michigan. “LZ Motor City” Paul will be telling us about the Chapter’s special exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum. A new exhibition shining a light on the history, sacrifice, and continued service of the Vietnam Veterans of America Detroit Chapter #9, the first VVA chapter in Michigan and a nationally recognized force in veteran advocacy.

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Best selling author Robert M. Edsel wrote "Remember Us" about American sacrifice, Dutch freedom and a Forever Promise Forged in WWII. He gives an informative insight to the men who died or were hidden in the Netherlands. He tells to host Jim Fausone the life stories of American and Dutch men and women at war .

We’re joined by author Sarah Blum

At the 12th Evacuation Hospital Cu Chi, Vietnam, Sarah Blum is an operating room nurse during the fighting in the iron triangle in 1967. Mass casualties with severely wounded soldiers show up for Sarah, her fellow nurses, and the surgeons to treat in the midst of mortar attacks, monsoons, and exploding artillery.

Her story is intertwined with Johnny, hit by American artillery, and Jim, a baseball pitcher with multiple wounds including to his pitching hand. It encompasses her terror on the tarmac at Bien Hoa air base on the day she leaves, culture shock, emerging PTSD symptoms, assaults by protestors, being head nurse of the orthopedic ward at Madigan General Hospital, and her growing awareness of the effects of the war on her and her fellow soldiers.

Through it all, she learns the essentials to healing PTSD and shares some tools and adjuncts to therapy that ensure anyone with PTSD has the best healing outcome.

People and veterans with PTSD need to know someone has been through it and come out whole on the other side. They need to believe they can heal and be better than they are when in the throes of their symptoms. They need hope and guidance. Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing gives them both.

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Our next guest is Vietnam Nurse Sandie Wilson

Sandie Wilson is serving as a Director at Large to VVA’s Board. Wilson spent seven years with the Army Nurse Corps, serving in Vietnam at three hospitals from 1968–1969. She subsequently spent 20 years in the reserves and retired as a Lt. Colonel.

She serves as chair of VVA’s National Agent Orange and Toxic Exposure Committee. At the state level, Wilson served five years as the MI State Council president, five years as state secretary, and on multiple committees. Wilson was appointed to the Michigan Agent Orange Commission, and she is past commander of the Michigan Commanders Group.

Wilson has advocated for her military and veteran brothers and sisters for more than 40 years, aided by her background in nursing, which helps identify opportunities for improvement in the lives of veterans. Military experience added a foundation in teamwork and leadership, she says, and union positions gave her the skills to negotiate and represent on behalf of constituents. Wilson is retired from the University of Michigan.

Army vet and active DAV member Ken David of Trumbull County Ohio, talks about May 1970 actions that let to a DSC and ultimately an upgrade to the Medal of Honor. He talks to host Jim Fausone about duty, struggles, freedoms and the MOH.

We’re joined by Dr. Rebecca Grant to talk about "Operation Midnight Hammer"

Dr. Rebecca Grant is a national security analyst based in Washington, DC specializing in defense and aerospace research and national security consulting.

She has over 20 years experience working with the United States Air Force, United States Navy, and top aerospace clients. In addition, Dr. Grant has often appeared on television as an expert on national security for Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, and MSNBC and as a series regular on The Smithsonian’s Air Warriors.

Dr. Grant also writes on China, Russia and other technology and national security topics for Fox News Opinion. Her military books include 75 Great Airmen (with Lt. Gen. Chris Miller), The B-2 Goes to War, and Battle-Tested: Aircraft Carriers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Dr. Grant graduated from Wellesley College and earned a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics, University of London.

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