ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The Yankee Air Pirate is a history podcast series that started off by telling the stories of Captain Richard A. Stratton, USN (Ret) - Tales of Southeast Asia.
These stories include the shoot down itself, the torture he endured, the propaganda campaign by the North Vietnamese, life as a POW in Vietnam, and conversations about many great American heroes as told by Richard Stratton, AKA “The Beak”.
The podcast series also includes interviews with many other great American POW heroes from the Vietnam era and others that they served with after their return from Vietnam. We have many more really special guests coming on our podcast soon.
The Yankee Air Pirate podcast is hosted by Richard Stratton’s oldest son; Patrick Stratton, a US Naval Academy graduate and former US Marine Corps Captain.
We recommend starting at episode #1, the story is designed to be heard in sequence.
Contact: Send email to: TheYankeeAirPirate@gmail.com
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Semper Fi
Update frequency:
bimonthly
Average audio length:
53 minutes
English
United States
26 episodes
since Sept. 4, 2019
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Captain Richard A. Stratton, USN Ret. Speaking at the NAPS class of 1983 40th reunion in Jacksonville, Florida. October 21, 2023.
Link to the YouTube video of this event:
https://youtu.be/QYS3OUOwLQQ?si=kxjbzX7_kPlB9B5q
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode of the podcast my daughter Ashley Stratton, a senior at Saint John's University, interviews her grandfather, The Yankee Air Pirate as part of her senior project. The purpose of the project was to learn about American society and culture from the period they have been studying in cla…
During this episode we discuss some better times… including his last weeks and months in Vietnam, his release day experiences, and his travel back to Virginia to be reunited with his family… We’ll also discuss some of his favorite Navy jobs after returning from Vietnam.
Make sure to check out the …
This is part number 3 of 3 episodes discussing The Son Tay Raid with Col John Gargus USAF (Ret). If you haven’t listened to parts 1&2 with Col Gargus yet, go back and listen to those episodes first to get the full story of the Son Tay Raid… In 1970, then Major Gargus was a key mission planner a…
This is part number 2 of 3 episodes discussing The Son Tay Raid with Col John Gargus USAF (Ret). If you have not listened to part 1 with Col Gargus yet, go back and listen to that episode first to get the full story… In 1970, then Major Gargus was a key mission planner for The Son Tay Raid. Because…
In November, 1970, U.S. special forces attempted to rescue POWs from captivity in North Vietnam. The Son Tay raid was one of the most complex and dangerous missions of the War in Southeast Asia. It laid the groundwork for future joint forces operations by serving as a model of organization, coopera…
Anyone thats ever been part of the armed forces knows the positive long-lasting impact a good drill instructor can have on your military career and life afterward.
For the members of the great NAPS class of 1983 that drill instructor and important figure was the legendary and iconic...
Gunnery Sg…
In this episode we talk to Paul about the work his wife Phyllis did with the National League of POW/MIA Families including her trips to Paris France to meet with the French communist journalist that met with Paul in Hanoi and her trip to Sweden all while working to help free her husband. After the …
In this episode we discuss the day Paul made contact with Richard Stratton in the Hoa Lo Prison, the East German propaganda movie Pilots In Pajamas, and the photo of Paul that Life Magazine purchased from the East Germans which they later used as their October 1967 cover after deceptively altering …
Commander Paul Galanti USN Ret. is our guest for another excellent discussion about the events that took place soon after he arrived at the Hoa Lo Prison in 1966. This episode includes a discussion of the Hanoi POW March that took place July 6, 1966.
Video link of the Hanoi POW March:
https://yout…
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