{"id":3831,"date":"2026-05-03T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2026-05-03T19:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T19:51:10","slug":"episode-225-from-oklahoma-to-the-pacific-a-wwii-radiomans-story-aboard-the-uss-leutze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/episode-225-from-oklahoma-to-the-pacific-a-wwii-radiomans-story-aboard-the-uss-leutze\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 225: From Oklahoma to the Pacific \u2014 A WWII Radioman\u2019s Story Aboard the USS Leutze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/ep-225\/\">Listen \/ More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Episode 225 of&nbsp;<em>What\u2019s the Scuttlebutt Podcast<\/em>&nbsp;brings you a powerful and deeply personal conversation as Don and Dennis sit down with Radioman 3rd Class Morris Neighbors, a World War II veteran who served aboard the USS&nbsp;<em>Leutze<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this unforgettable interview, Morris shares his journey growing up in Oklahoma, the path that led him to enlist in the United States Navy, and what life was really like serving at sea during one of history\u2019s most pivotal conflicts. From intense combat missions to the day-to-day realities of being a radioman, his stories offer a rare, firsthand glimpse into the sacrifices and experiences of the Greatest Generation.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen \/ More Episode 225 of&nbsp;What\u2019s the Scuttlebutt Podcast&nbsp;brings you a powerful and deeply personal conversation as Don and Dennis sit down with Radioman 3rd Class Morris Neighbors, a World War II veteran who served aboard the USS&nbsp;Leutze. In this unforgettable interview, Morris shares his journey growing up in Oklahoma, the path that led him to enlist in the United States Navy, and what life was really like serving at sea during one of history\u2019s most pivotal conflicts. From intense combat missions to the day-to-day realities of being a radioman, his stories offer a rare, firsthand glimpse into the sacrifices and experiences of the Greatest Generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3831","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\/3831","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=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3832,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/3832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtspwwii.com\/wtsp-wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}