This week on History Happy Hour: Chris and Rick are back live and celebrating five years as Hosts of HHH. And it’s a History Happy First - for the first time in five years they will be in the same place with their guest!

Podcasting from Lexington, Massachusetts, on the day after the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, Chris and Rick will talk to Joel Bohy, author of Bullet Strikes from the First Day of the American Revolution. Joe’s book tells the story of investigators who used forensic techniques straight out of CSI to create a new picture of the battle. Plus – we’ll share images from the 250th Anniversary battle re-enactment.

This Week on History Happy Hour: No Guest – Just Us! Due to a scheduling issue, we will be sans guest on Sunday! What would you like us to talk about. FDR’s leadership? Our favorite WWI books? Who should have won the War for Independence?

Send an email to info@historyhappyhour.net with your questions / topics / suggestions. Get us going! And when you tune in, we’ll have some questions for you as well. A free-flow, interactive, fun time on HHH. Just make sure you have your cocktail in hand – we sure will!

This Week on History Happy Hour: The story of a National Guard unit at the forefront in the Pacific during World War II. The 32nd Division came out of the Midwest and played a crucial role in the Pacific, eventually logging more combat hours than any other U.S. Army division during the war.

Chris and Rick explore the history of this unit from mobilization in 1940 until the occupation of Japan, with Professor Mark D. Van Ells, author of Red Arrow Across the Pacific.

Mark D. Van Ells is a professor of history at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a native of the Badger State. Mark writes scholarly works as well as books and articles for general audiences on history and travel. His books include To Hear Only Thunder Again: America’s World War II Veterans Come Home, and America and World War I: A Traveler’s Guide. He also served as Archivist/Historian at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison.