Jeremy C. Holm
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Join historian and author Jeremy C. Holm as we discover the men and history of the legendary 11th Airborne Division in World War II, Korea and beyond! In this podcast, we'll cover a wide range of topics including the division's stateside training, their campaigns to liberate Leyte and Luzon from Imperial Japan, their historic statues as the first Allied unit to land in Japan for Occupation Duty and more.No wonder US Eighth Army's General Robert L. Eichelberger said of the Angels, "No one could have asked for finer fighting men.”Jeremy is the son of 1LT Andrew Carrico who fou...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · July 2026
Down From Heaven tells 11th Airborne history as close-range military narrative, grounded in units, terrain, memory, and Pacific War combat detail.
Down From Heaven keeps its focus tight: Jeremy Holm follows the 11th Airborne Division through World War II in the Pacific, with the Angels' story told through battlefield narration, memorial context, and occasional address-style episodes.
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A tactical account of the 11th Airborne's first combat jumps and the struggle to hold Manarawat.
The episode frames the 11th Airborne Division's first combat jumps in World War II as a hard tactical problem: a jungle plateau, four 75mm pack howitzers, and a forward position that had to stay secure while Japanese attacks, sniper attacks, and night infiltrations kept coming.
A close-quarter airborne battle story that links tactical chaos with family memory.
The episode centers on a surprise assault against an enemy position, following 35 11th Airborne paratroopers as they push uphill and run into a withdrawing Japanese column of about 150 soldiers.
A reverent look at Camp Toccoa's role in the airborne story.
Jeremy Holm frames Camp Toccoa as more than a training site, treating it as the place where airborne identity was shaped under pressure. The discussion moves from Currahee and the men who ran it to the wider ideas of loyalty, duty, and sacrifice, which gives the story real…
A close, human account of a courtyard assault, where tactics and memory stay tightly linked.
A courtyard fight on Luzon is the anchor here, but the account keeps widening to show how one assault sits inside family memory, divisional legacy, and a larger effort to preserve history.
A Christmas tribute that turns Leyte hardship into a living regimental inheritance.
This Christmas special folds military history into a farewell, a tribute, and a hard-earned regimental salute. Jeremy Holm, a former bobsled athlete turned 11th Airborne Division historian, gives the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment a voice that feels lived-in rather than…
Outnumbered units, remembered under fire.
Battle maps, war films, and patient context.
War news, tested against military reality.
Antique European history, read aloud.
Jeremy Holm, a former American bobsled athlete turned 11th Airborne Division historian, tells the story of the Battle of the Stone Courtyard at Emus during the Luzon campaign.
Jeremy Holm opens with a Christmas greeting and a note about his grandmother.
Jeremy Holm tells the story of the 11th Airborne Division’s first combat jumps in World War II.
This episode recounts the 'Rat's Ass Charge' during the Battle of Leyte in 1944, where 35 paratroopers from the 11th Airborne Division's 511th PIR surprised and routed 150 Japanese soldiers.
Host Jeremy Holm presents the recorded version of his keynote address delivered at Toccoa, Georgia's WWII Weekend banquet, exploring the outsized historical impact of Camp Toccoa on World War II.
At Fort McKinley, Manuel Perez crossed open ground, destroyed 12 pillboxes, and protected his platoon's advance.