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WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs ArchivesAround Town 10/16/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne The League of Women Voters is looking for more Election Observation volunteers, and offering two training sessions this month via zoom. The first session is tonight. Register to get the zoom link here There will be a sign making party for No Kings Day tomorrow (Friday) at the Food AND Medicine building at 20 Ivers Street in Brewer from 6-8 pm Nazi graffiti painted on Bangor walking path, Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News, 10/14/25 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco...
2025-10-1603 minWERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Audio ArchivesAround Town 10/16/25: Local News, Culture and EventsHost/Producer: Amy Browne The League of Women Voters is looking for more Election Observation volunteers, and offering two training sessions this month via zoom. The first session is tonight. Register to get the zoom link here There will be a sign making party for No Kings Day tomorrow (Friday) at the Food AND Medicine building at 20 Ivers Street in Brewer from 6-8 pm Nazi graffiti painted on Bangor walking path, Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News, 10/14/25 About the host: Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco...
2025-10-1603 min
Be Amazing94. Serving Your Community Through Leadership with Amy PeacockThis week on the Be Amazing Podcast Cel chats with Amy Peacock. Amy is originally from the Washington DC area. She played college soccer at UGA (right before it went pro) and has been a runner for over 30 years and has run in races from 5Ks to a marathon. She has been in the fitness arena for over 20 years as a fitness trainer, group exercise leader, and master Chi Running and ChiWalking Instructor. In 2013, she helped launch FIA – Females in Action – a free female outdoor fitness group that started in Charlotte, and has since expanded across the US and in t...
2024-03-1343 min
Listen to Trending Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryOld Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu bPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Author: Don Brown, Amy Rupertus Peacock Narrator: Paul Brion Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 18, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Marine general William H. Rupertus is best known today for writing the Corps' Rifleman's Creed. Rupertus was one of the outstanding Marines of the twentieth century, but he died in 1945, so his story has never been told. Rupertus 'made his bones' in...
2023-04-1830 min
MCA ScuttlebuttScuttlebutt Ep 54: Old Breed GeneralHello everyone. Recently we welcomed to the studio Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown, authors of “Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu” for an awesome and informative conversation. Among many things, General William H. Rupertus is the author of the Rifleman’s Creed, and we got to chat about his accomplishments beyond this, from his two tours serving in China before World War II to his leadership at Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu. As you probably deduced by the name, Amy is Ge...
2022-09-291h 03MCA ScuttlebuttScuttlebutt Ep 54: Old Breed GeneralHello everyone. Recently we welcomed to the studio Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown, authors of “Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu” for an awesome and informative conversation. Among many things, General William H. Rupertus is the author of the Rifleman’s Creed, and we got to chat about his accomplishments beyond this, from his two tours serving in China before World War II to his leadership at Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu. As you probably deduced by the name, Amy is Ge...
2022-09-291h 03
MCA ScuttlebuttScuttlebutt Ep 54: "Old Breed General" William H. Rupertus
Amy Rupertus Peacock and Don Brown, authors of “Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu” joined us in studio for an awesome and informative conversation. We chat about the author of the Rifleman’s Creed, General William H. Rupertus, From his two tours serving in China before World War II to his leadership at Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu, and we unpack Rupertus’ journey through war in the Pacific and how those events parallel the modern landscape.
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2022-09-271h 03
The Pacific War - week by week- 17 - Pacific War Special - Interview on General RupertusThis interview is about General William Henry Rupertus, a commander during the Pacific War and author of the Rifleman's creed. Craig is speaking with Amy Rupertus Peacock, granddaughter of General Rupertus and her co-author Don Brown (author of over 15 books, including the Last Fighter Pilot) for their new book "Old Breed General". General Rupertus is one of the longest-serving members of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) at 37 years of service. General Rupertus served during WW1, the Haiti occupation, commanded the China Marines during the Battle of Shanghai, and commanded USMC forces during the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of...
2022-03-151h 29
The Cool Grandpa PodcastOld Breed General This is a bonus episode. The episode is part two of my interview about Maj. General Rupertus, USMC. In this episode, Heather, Kim, and Amy join me to talk about their extraordinary grandfather. Amy and Don Brown's book about Major General Rupertus, Old Breed General, is now out and available for purchase. Not only is it now available for purchase, BUT it is in its second printing BEFORE the first run has been released. After many years, Amy and her sister's hard work has been rewarded by releasing their book about their grandfather...
2022-02-041h 26The Cool Grandpa PodcastMaj. General Rupertus Pt. 2 Welcome back! This is part 2 of my interview about Maj. General Rupertus, USMC. In this episode, Heather, Kim, and Amy join me to talk more about their extraordinary grandfather. If you haven't heard the first episode, I strongly recommend that you go back and listen to it. In fact, Click Here for the link to that first episode (26). In the first episode, we spend a lot of time going over the sisters' motivation to dive into their grandfather's story and connect with him even though they never met him. ...
2021-03-261h 24The Cool Grandpa PodcastEP - 26 Maj. General Rupertus Pt. 1 In this episode, I talk with Heather, Kim, and Amy about the research and their drive to document and write about their grandfather, Major General William Rupertus, USMC. This is part one of a two-part series. With this episode, the four of us dig into the methodology and research of their grandfather. In part two, we spend time going through the General's life before joining the military and his time serving in the Marines. (William H. Rupertus on Wikipedia) This is a great episode where we dive into the...
2021-02-261h 07