Podcast episodes
Season 1
S01 E04 - Ivan Reads Flavio's Letter - Q&A
Ivan reads Flavio's Letter and the audience learns of the great love and respect held by the Italian people, especially the Tuscans for these Black Warriors who liberated their villages, towns, and cities in 1944 and 1945. A Ques...
S01 E03 - From Barga to Sommocolonia to the Florence-American Cemetery
Ivan J. Houston tells the tragic story of Lt. John Fox, who sacrificed his life for his country and the villagers of Sommocolonia. Ivan visits the Florence-American Cemetery to honor his fallen comrades, some of whom he played car...
S01 E02 - Crossing the Arno, Fighting Fascists and Nazis, and Liberating Italian Villages
Ivan J. Houston and the 92nd Infantry "Buffalo Division" march North freeing thousands of starving Tuscan villagers. Ivan meets Mattea at the 500-year-old Villa La Dogana, where he also experiences first-hand the lasting gratitude...
S01 E01 - From Ft. McArthur, California to Rome, Italy
Ivan J. Houston joins the Army in 1944, and from the moment of his arrival at Ft. MacArthur, San Pedro, California he is Segregated into the Negro (or Colored) sections of the U.S. Army. On his way East for training and deployment...