{"id":3423,"date":"2025-03-17T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2025-03-17T14:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:00:55","slug":"episode-206-unlocking-your-familys-wwii-history-with-zach-morris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/episode-206-unlocking-your-familys-wwii-history-with-zach-morris\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 206 \u2013 Unlocking Your Family\u2019s WWII History with Zach Morris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> This week on The What\u2019s The Scuttlebutt Podcast, we welcome back historian and researcher Zach Morris for an in-depth discussion on how to navigate the National Archives when researching your family\u2019s military history. Zach breaks down the best strategies for uncovering service records, the most important details to include when filling out paperwork, and common pitfalls to avoid. Plus, we take another deep dive into Dennis\u2019 grandfather\u2019s experiences during World War II, uncovering new details about his service. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to learn more about your family\u2019s connection to WWII, this episode is packed with insights and useful tips!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/ep-2006\/\">Listen \/ More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsthescuddlebutt.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zach2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zach2.png 806w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zach2-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/zach2-768x751.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on The What\u2019s The Scuttlebutt Podcast, we welcome back historian and researcher Zach Morris for an in-depth discussion on how to navigate the National Archives when researching your family\u2019s military history. Zach breaks down the best strategies for uncovering service records, the most important details to include when filling out paperwork, and common pitfalls to avoid. Plus, we take another deep dive into Dennis\u2019 grandfather\u2019s experiences during World War II, uncovering new details about his service. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to learn more about your family\u2019s connection to WWII, this episode is packed with insights and useful tips! Listen \/ More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}