Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Rodman has had a fascinating career. She has degrees from Duke and Harvard. She was a White House Fellow. She served as Deputy Legal Counsel to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She deployed to Afghanistan and has had many other interesting stops and experiences along the way including being a USMC Ambassador for the Marine Corps' 250th Birthday. On this episode, Josh Roe talks to Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Lindsay Rodman about her career and...
Jul 01, 2025•38 min•Ep. 60
Cleveland Tennessee's Alvin Jackson fought in war in Vietnam. We told his story the first time in 2020, and we've told more of that story in the years since. Friends, loved ones, and non-profits learned that Alvin and his wife Zandra's home was in bad shape and over the last few years they built them a new one. The Jackson family finally got the keys to that home in the summer of 2023, but just a few months later Alvin lost his wife Zandra. She passed away after battling illnesses for several ye...
Jun 16, 2025•13 min•Ep. 59
In late 1965, Marine Corps Major Donald J. Reilly was the most decorated Marine in the war in Vietnam. Major Reilly flew rescue missions in a Huey Helicopter. On December 9th of that year Donald Reilly flew his final mission. He killed and action and buried near his family in Memphis, Tennessee, but as the years and people's lives moved forward no one else was buried in that cemetery along side Major Reilly. So after her mother passed away, Major Reilly's Daughter, Allison Reilly Gorman, took up...
Jun 03, 2025•33 min•Ep. 58
There are many ways to learn about history. One of the best ways is to listen to the people who lived it. On this episode we listen to Marine Corps Veteran Captain Ray Lewis. Captain Lewis joined the Marines in 1966. He flew missions as a pilot of A-4E Skyhawk in 1970 in the War in Vietnam. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...
May 20, 2025•25 min•Ep. 57
On this episode, a conversation with Marine combat veteran, co-founder of the apparel company Grunt Style and another of those outstanding ambassadors for the Marine Corps' 250th birthday, Tim Jensen. The Marines will celebrate 250 years on November 10, 2025. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...
May 05, 2025•32 min•Ep. 56
On this episode Josh Roe talks to retired Marine Corps Major Chuck Casey. If you have listened our past episodes I've posted about our trip to Vietnam in the fall of last year you may remember Major Casey. He was one of the organizers of that trip and I'll share a couple of personal observations and he has worked for years to bring Vietnam Veterans back to the battlefields of that war. In this episode, you'll hear two separate conversations. The first conversation happened a few days before our ...
Apr 22, 2025•47 min•Ep. 55
On this episode a conversation with Marine Corps Veteran E.J. Goodroe. E.J. is the Director of the Office of Military and Veteran Services at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and he is also ... a Marine Corps Ambassador for the 250th birthday. The Marines will turn 2 hundred and 50 years old November 10, 2025. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California ...
Apr 08, 2025•30 min•Ep. 54
The Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center will soon unveil a new exhibit that tells the legendary story of Medal of Honor recipient, Vietnam War Cobra Helicopter Pilot Larry Taylor. Back in October 2018, I sat down with Captain Taylor as he told me the incredible story of the night he rescued 4 soldiers on June 18, 1968. This conversation happened 50 years after that combat action and 5 years before he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production...
Mar 28, 2025•27 min•Ep. 53
An incredible story one Vietnam War fighter pilot told Josh Roe about his role in a dangerous mission in the skies over North Vietnam. Kit Smith's was a fighter pilot in the war and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the first bombing mission over Hanoi. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...
Mar 26, 2025•48 min•Ep. 52
Riley Tejcek has accomplished a lot in a short period of time. The 28 year old is a captain in the Marine Corps and an ambassador for the Marine Corps’ 250th Birthday. She's a former collegiate softball player at George Washington, and right now as this podcast is being released she is competing to make the Team USA Olympic Bobsled Team. If she gets to the games she would be the first female Marine to compete in the Olympics. Also last week she released her first children's book where she wants ...
Mar 12, 2025•32 min•Ep. 51
2025 is a big year for the United States Marine Corps. The Marine Corps will celebrate its 250th birthday on November 10, 2025. On this episode of Tomorrow Town, Tennessee I talk to Ed Cutshall. He is a Marine Corps veteran, a Tennessee native, and currently Ed is the Director of the Marine Corps' Business and Support Services Division and CEO of Marine Corps Community Services. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. ...
Feb 27, 2025•16 min•Ep. 50
On this episode, a conversation with World War II pilot Major John "Lucky" Luckadoo. Major Luckadoo flew with the 8th Air Force's 100th Bomb Group also known as the Bloody Hundredth. The TV Show Masters of the Air tells the story of pilots who flew with the Bloody Hundredth over Europe leading up to the D-Day invasion at Normandy. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy a...
Feb 13, 2025•24 min•Ep. 49
The Battle of Hue City during the American war in Vietnam started at the very beginning of the Tet Offensive on January 31st 1968. That is 57 years ago this week. On this episode a conversation with a man who was there, Nick Warr. He wrote an outstanding book on what he witnessed in the battle called Phase Line Green. I traveled to Vietnam in September and Nick Warr was on that trip. We visited Hue City as well as the location where Medal of Honor recipient Rodney Maxwell Davis was killed in Act...
Jan 31, 2025•26 min•Ep. 48
The Battle of Missionary Ridge & Chattanooga National Cemetery with General B.B. Bell See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Jan 16, 2025•8 min•Ep. 47
Recently, I had the honor of listening to Vietnam Veteran Dave Hill tell his story of what happened the night Medal of Honor Recipient Larry Taylor rescued Hill and 3 others during the war in Vietnam. Mr. Hill also told the story of the work he, along with several others, did to help get Taylor the Medal of Honor. Today on the show Dave Hill tells his story in his own words. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-...
Jan 02, 2025•29 min•Ep. 46
In the fall of 2025 Chattanooga and the Coolidge National Medal Of Honor Heritage Center will host the annual Medal Of Honor Convention. All Living Medal of Honor recipients will be invited to town with dozens in attendance. Recently there was a kick off event with guest speaker Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter. On this episode, Kyle Carpenter's remarks from the official announcement of the Medal of Honor Celebration in Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Cali...
Dec 19, 2024•10 min•Ep. 45
Doyle Cox was with the first American troops into Korea in the summer of 1950. You can watch our video story about Mr. Cox here: https://youtu.be/G2AumQGS-Qc He was a member of what's known as Task Force Smith. Those were the Americans who fought in the Battle of Osan, the first American engagement in the war in Korea. Doyle Cox was awarded 5 Bronze Stars in the war. 3 of them had the V attachment for valor in combat, but for most of his life he refused to tell the story of what he experienced d...
Dec 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 44
Earlier this month the United States Army's First Infantry Division named a road after Chattanooga native Medal and of Honor recipient Captain Larry Taylor on the base at Fort Riley in Kansas. This is the latest of many honors for Larry Taylor. Several of them have come after he passed in late January of this year. Recently, I had a conversation with Dave Hill. Dave and Larry Taylor were friends for a very long time. Dave Hill is the last surviving member of the 4 man LURP team who Taylor rescue...
Nov 21, 2024•15 min•Ep. 43
On Veterans Day we put together a special report, as we followed the family of Medal of Honor Recipient Rodney Maxwell Davis as they visited the exact spot Sgt. Davis was killed in Action. You can watch the full special here: https://youtu.be/_jNikM8FsaY During what's know as Operation Swift during the Vietnam War, Davis sacrificed his life and saved 5 fellow Marines. The story is incredible and every American should know the story. One of those Marines who there fighting alongside Sgt. Davis wh...
Nov 14, 2024•4 min•Ep. 42
David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill. This is part 2 of our conversation. In this episode David talks about being the CEO of One to One Health in Chattanooga, TN and he tells the story of how his interpreter from the war in Afghanistan came to the U.S. and lived with him for 7 years...
Oct 22, 2024•20 min•Ep. 41
Will parts of the Air National Guard be moved away from the direction of governors and under the leadership of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Space Force? That proposal is closer to becoming reality than many may realize. On this episode we talk to someone who knows exactly where this proposal stands right now, and what would need to happen for this to become law. We talk about this and more with Republican U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann from Tennessee's 3rd Congressional District...
Oct 10, 2024•13 min•Ep. 40
David Kinzler is the CEO at One to One Health in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before he started that chapter of his life, David had a fascinating journey from the Naval Academy, a Marine Corps Officer who fought in Afghanistan and a few years on Capitol Hill. This is part one of a two part conversation with David Kinzler. Part two is coming soon. This podcast is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy an...
Sep 27, 2024•30 min•Ep. 39
Host Josh Roe just returned from a trip to Da Nang, Vietnam where he witnessed several incredible events. One of those events was a meeting that included veterans in Vietnam who fought against U.S. forces in the 1960s & 70s and a delegation of Americans that included veterans from the war in Vietnam, U.S. Veterans who served after the war, current service members, and family members of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Rodney Davis. Josh takes us inside that meeting. This conversation took place...
Sep 14, 2024•7 min•Ep. 38
Last spring I met John Hollis over zoom. John Hollis has spent most of his professionally life telling stories about other people working as a journalist in many places, and a few years ago he wrote a book about Medal of Honor recipient Marine Corps Sergeant Rodney Maxwell Davis. Davis was killed in action during the Vietnam War. In our last episode of Tomorrow Town, Tennessee, I announced the show was going on a trip to Vietnam. Rodney Davis' story is a major reason we are going on this trip. L...
Aug 29, 2024•16 min•Ep. 37
Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is going to Vietnam. We've been invited on a journey to visit locations of major battles and significant combat actions in the Vietnam War. Some of the stories we will tell include the stories of Medal of Honor recipients Rodney Maxwell Davis and Father Vincent Capodanno. We will visit Hue City, the site of a major battle in early 1968. To understand the battle a little better, I talked to a Marine Corps Veteran who fought every day of that battle. In this episode, a con...
Aug 16, 2024•17 min•Ep. 36
Several weeks ago NewsChannel 9's Josh Roe met Vietnam Air Force Veteran Mike Fish. He is a pararescue veteran and was awarded the Air Force Cross for an action in 1969. That is the second highest honor for member of the Air Force. Josh Roe talks to Mike Fish about his military career and dealing with survivor's guilt late in life years after the war. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, & Sinclair Broadcast Group Chattanooga. See Privacy Policy at http...
Aug 02, 2024•35 min•Ep. 35
Two Civil War soldiers were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House on July 3rd. George Wilson and Philip Shadrach were two members of the legendary Andrews Raiders. Members of the Raiders were the first soldiers in U.S. history to be awarded the Medal of Honor. From 1863 to 1883, nineteen members of the Andrews' Raiders were awarded the Medal of Honor, but for 162 years Wilson and Shadrach never received recognition for their part in the Great Locomotive Chase. On July 3, 202...
Jul 18, 2024•25 min•Ep. 34
The White House has announced that two Civil War soldiers will be awarded the Medal of Honor next week. We have told you about these soldiers on several recent episodes. George Davenport Wilson and Philip "Perry" Gephart Shadrach will be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in Washington D.C. on July 3rd. Wilson and Shadrach were members of the legendary Andrews' Raiders and were part of every step of the mission that is known as the Great Locomotive Chase. The Raiders gained fame in 1862 whe...
Jul 01, 2024•18 min•Ep. 33
June 18th is a significant date in two Medal of Honor stories we've told you in the past on our podcast. The 18th of June is an important date in the story of very first recipients of the Medal of Honor, Andrews' Raiders during the Civil War, and the last person to be awarded the Medal of Honor, the late Vietnam War Veteran, Captain Larry Taylor. And both stories have major ties to Chattanooga Tennessee. In this episode, we discuss what happened on June 18, 1863 and June 18, 1968. Tomorrow Town,...
Jun 18, 2024•14 min•Ep. 32
Colonel Martin Jeremy Bowling just retired from the Army after close to 30 years of service. Col. Bowling had an outstanding military career. A few years ago, he discovered a new found interest. He helping combat veterans and family members return to the battlefields that changed their lives forever. On this episode, Josh Roe talks to Colonel Bowling about his career and what he is working on now. Tomorrow Town, Tennessee is a production of NewsChannel 9, Fox Chattanooga, and Sinclair Broadcast ...
Jun 05, 2024•24 min•Ep. 31
