On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking With Destiny, tells the story of Winston Churchill and how he is the only Englishman to be honored by having a United States Navy Ship named after him. As a 20-year-old soldier in Vietnam, Jon Hovde’s armored personnel carrier he was driving was hit an antitank mine. He made three promises to God if He let him live. Linda from Jon’s hometown of Fertile, MN, is here to tell the story. Keycap artist, known as Tiny Makes Things, shares her story of when she decided that she wanted to quit her job and start her own business making artisan keycaps for mechanical keyboards.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Walking with Destiny

23:00 - A Second Life After Vietnam

35:00 - She Quit Her Corporate Job to Make Artisan Keycaps

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EP215: Walking with Destiny, A Second Life After Vietnam and She Quit Her Corporate Job to Make Artisan Keycaps

Our American Stories

EP215: Walking with Destiny, A Second Life After Vietnam and She Quit Her Corporate Job to Make Artisan Keycaps