{"id":3490,"date":"2025-05-09T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/?page_id=3490"},"modified":"2025-05-09T12:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:08:02","slug":"ep-209","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/ep-209\/","title":{"rendered":"EP-209"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>\u201cFrogmen, Firepower &amp; a Patreon Giveaway\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on The What&#8217;s The Scuttlebutt Podcast, Don kicks things off by drawing the winner of our April Patreon Prize Pack Giveaway\u2014congrats to the lucky supporter! Then, Dennis checks in with an update from an event he and Jeff recently attended from the world of living history. From there, Don and Dennis dive deep\u2014literally\u2014into the remarkable legacy of the Navy Frogmen, the elite Underwater Demolition Teams of WWII. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-08-231042.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3491\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Learn how these daring pioneers helped shape modern naval special forces, and how their rigorous training and battlefield contributions are providing inspiration and historical grounding for Dennis\u2019s upcoming WWII short story series. Packed with giveaways, history, and a look at stories yet to be told\u2014this is one episode you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/podcast\/download.php?filename=2025-05-09_wtspwwii-ep-209-frogmen.mp3\">Listen \/ Download<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/D410\">Join Patreon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hoodie-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hoodie-1.png 625w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/hoodie-1-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/merch\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/merch\/\">Merch Store<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFrogmen, Firepower &amp; a Patreon Giveaway\u201d This week on The What&#8217;s The Scuttlebutt Podcast, Don kicks things off by drawing the winner of our April Patreon Prize Pack Giveaway\u2014congrats to the lucky supporter! Then, Dennis checks in with an update from an event he and Jeff recently attended from the world of living history. From there, Don and Dennis dive deep\u2014literally\u2014into the remarkable legacy of the Navy Frogmen, the elite Underwater Demolition Teams of WWII. Learn how these daring pioneers helped shape modern naval special forces, and how their rigorous training and battlefield contributions are providing inspiration and historical grounding for Dennis\u2019s upcoming WWII short story series. Packed with giveaways, history, and a look at stories yet to be told\u2014this is one episode you won\u2019t want to miss. Listen \/ Download Join Patreon Merch Store<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3492,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3490\/revisions\/3492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}