World War II

The "Germans from Russia" story continues with Drs. Tim Kloberdanz and Harry Delker, experts in German anthropology and heritage. Radio journalist Chuck…

SDPB's Andrew Bork joins us with an update on one woman's search for the 84 men who signed a spoil of war. Bork shares the original segment from Dakota…

Dakota Midday's Lori Walsh sat down with Sioux Falls Air Show coordinator Rick Tupper and Augustana professor Patrick Hicks to talk about the powerful…

A celebration in Sioux Falls this weekend marks the 75 anniversary of the launching of the battleship ‘South Dakota.’ In 1941 Governor Harlan Bushfield’s…

On this week's edition of Dakota Digest, SDPB's Jim Kent spoke with a WWII veteran who can still fit into his old military uniform. Also, SDPB Radio…

John Miller taught US history at South Dakota State University for 29 years. He is currently working on a political biography of George McGovern.He joins…

Ingrid Asvedo was 11 years old when she hid in the rubble of a bombed and ruined Berlin. She was hiding from soldiers of the Soviet Army after the fall of…

Ben Jones is Dean of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of History at Dakota State University. He’s an Air Force veteran and he’s taught at the Air…

The University of Sioux Falls Theater Department presents "I Never Saw Another Butterfly". Director Joe Obermueller discusses the play and how he teaches…

In the months after Pearl Harbor, “Operation Drumbeat” sent Nazi U-boats to American shores. The German naval command caught the U.S. unprepared and their…