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The Last of the Greatest

A Conversation with Cole Griego

Nov 24, 2019

On this week’s episode I spoke with Cole Griego who served as a Navy  Corpsman, a medic, during the Battle for Iwo Jima. After graduating high school in Belen, New Mexico, he moved to Seattle, but it wasn’t long before the military called. 


Nov 24, 2019

On this week’s episode I spoke with Cole Griego who served as a Navy  Corpsman, a medic, during the Battle for Iwo Jima. After graduating high school in Belen, New Mexico, he moved to Seattle, but it wasn’t long before the military called. 


Nov 17, 2019

On this week's episode, Gazette reporter Seth Boster talks with 96-year-old retired Army Air Corps Captain Douglas Palmer about his love of airplanes and how it led him to flying B-26 bombers and participating in 68 missions out of England during World War II. 


Nov 9, 2019

This is The Last of the Greatest, a podcast where we dive into the experiences and memories of the remaining World War II veterans in Colorado. On this week’s episode, we honor five men, all living at the same senior living center near Colorado Springs, all connected by the war.