We Few Podcast
We Few Podcast
John Konya
Sharing the stories of Purple Heart recipients
Episode 026 Jack Leonard
This episode features Jack Leonard. Jack enlisted in the Navy for 6 years before going to La Salle University to become an office in the Marine Corps. He retired after 27 years of military service as a Lieutenant Colonel. Jack shares about his time in Vietnam as an Infantry Platoon Commander and how he received his...
Apr 1, 2018
44 min
Episode 025 Matt Gibbons
This Episode features Matt Gibbons. He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard for 10 years and retired as a Staff Sergeant. Matt deployed to Kosovo, New Orleans, and Iraq. Matt shares about the reasons he chose to join the National Guard and about his deployments. He shares about the missions he carried out in Iraq and...
Mar 1, 2018
1 hr 34 min
Episode 024 William Lee
This episode features William Lee. He served in the United States Army for 26 years. He started off enlisted and retired as a Major. We talk about his career that took him all over the world and about his experience going from enlisted to an Officer through the Green to Gold Program. Will shares about...
Feb 1, 2018
46 min
Episode 023 Matt McGuire
This Episode features Matt McGuire. He served in the Army for 28 years from 1961 to 1990. He retired as a Colonel. We talked about his family connection to the military and what led him to join. Matt shares about his time as an enlisted solider serving as a Combat Engineer in Panama and what...
Dec 4, 2017
47 min
Episode 022 Wounded Warrior Experience
This episode includes the audio from the Wounded Warrior Experience panel that I appeared on. It played on Fox Business Channel on Veterans Day. You can listen to in on the podcast episode or you can watch it on The American Veterans Center website. You can click the image to the left to go to...
Nov 20, 2017
58 min
Episode 021 Jess
This Episode features Jess. She was a Captain in the United States Army. She served one tour in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan. She is a Purple Heart recipient and a Bronze Star recipient. We talk about Jess growing up and how early she knew she wanted to be in the military. Jess talks...
Oct 22, 2017
55 min
Episode 020 Shrop No Limit Cycles
This Episode features Shrop from No Limit Cycles. This is our the first podcast episode that does not feature a Purple Heart recipient. When a friend told me about what Shrop is doing to help wounded veterans, I wanted to have him on. We talk about the projects that Shrop is working on and how...
Oct 9, 2017
32 min
Episode 019 Gordon Sumner
This episode features Gordon Sumner. He served for 27 years in the Army and retired as a Colonel. We talk about Gordon’s family history dating all the way back to the War of Independence. He talks about what led him to join and his path to Army aviation flying helicopters. Gordon shares about being in...
Sep 11, 2017
1 hr 6 min
Episode 018 Kevin Flike
This episode features Kevin Flike. Kevin is a Special Forces veteran, a recipient of the Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, and an Army Commendation Medal with valor device. We discuss what led him to enlisted the military in 2006 and the training he went through to become a Green Beret. Kevin talks about doing tours to the...
Aug 28, 2017
1 hr 17 min
Episode 017 Clayton Hinchman
This episode features Clayton Hinchman. He was a Captain in the Army and served in Iraq. Clayton Hinchman graduated from West Point and was the Officer Honor Graduate in his Ranger School class. He served with the 10th Mountain Division in Iraq. While in Iraq he lost his right leg to a mortar shell attached...
Aug 14, 2017
37 min
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