Byte Sized Biographies…

Philip D. Gibbons

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Ira Hayes and the Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima (Part One)
2026/1/23 | 38 mins.
The incredible story of the Marines who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima and the iconic photo that changed their lives forever.

Ira Hayes
Rene Gagnon
Joe Rosenthal on Suribachi
Bill Genaust, left, on Iwo Jima
Wreckage on Iwo Jima, Suribachi in the background
First flag raising
Second flag raising
The Gung Ho photo
Ira Hayes and the Flag Raisers of Iwo Jima (Part Two)
2026/1/23 | 36 mins.
The incredible story of the Marines who raised the American flag over Iwo Jima and the iconic photo that changed their lives forever.

Marine Harlon Block, his mother always knew.
Navy Medic John Bradley, on the 7th Bond Tour, still on crutches
Flag raiser Franklin Sousley, misidentified for seventy years
Harold Schultz, flag raiser who never went public.
Harold Keller, flag raiser, he also kept quiet for the rest of his life
Grave of Ira Hayes, Arlington National Cemetery
Rene Gagnon grave, Arlington National Cemetery
John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One (Part One)
2025/12/27 | 56 mins.
In thirteen months, John Dillinger transformed himself from inconsequential ex-con to the most famous criminal celebrity in US history and the first Public Enemy Number One.

John Dillinger, at the height of his fame
Homer Van Meter
Tommy Carroll
Billy Frechette, wanted poster
Dillinger arrest location, Tucson, Arizona
Biograph Theater, early morning July 23, 1934
Chicago alley where Dillinger was shot
Dillinger family plot, Crown Hill Cemetery
One of several Dillinger death masks
John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One (Part Two)
2025/12/27 | 52 mins.
In thirteen months, John Dillinger transformed himself from inconsequential ex-con to the most famous criminal celebrity in US history and the first Public Enemy Number One.

Lester Gillis aka Baby Face Nelson
Eddie Green, St. Paul criminal
Melvin Purvis
Front entrance, The Little Bohemia Lodge, Manitowish Falls, Wisconsin
Anna Sage
Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the Bridge at Chappaquiddick (Part One)
2025/11/30 | 52 mins.
On July 19, 1969 an auto accident, involving Senator Edward M. Kennedy and the death of a young woman, changed the course of American political history forever.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, 1968
Edward Kennedy, campaigning in 1962
John Farrar examining the Kennedy automobile as it is being removed from the water near Dike Bridge
Ted Kennedy during nationwide speech following the Chappaquiddick accident
District Attorney Edmund Dinis
Edgartown Police Chief Dominick “Jim” Arena, later in life

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Some Very Famous People You’ve Never Really Heard Of, Byte Sized Biographies of the famous, the infamous and the quirky in less than hour. Think of that doorstop sized bio or history related book that you will never read made accessible in an hour. These are people that you may think you know a lot about but really don’t, remarkable human beings you have never heard of and incidents covered in new and different detail, all fascinating.

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