Finding Faces Podcast

Journalist Ryan Kern teams up with Vietnam veterans to find the missing photos of servicemen who died in the war, and to investigate and resolve any remaining questions or issues their loved ones are still holding on to five decades later.

Mini-Episode 1: Nelson 03/05/2021

Mini-Episode 1: Nelson A woman named Claudine reaches out, asking Ryan to track down a photo of her high school sweetheart, James Nelson Youmans. Later, Ryan, Phil and Casey catch up over the phone. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113211

S1 Episode 12: Cuffy 12/16/2020

S1 Episode 12: Cuffy In this season 1 finale, Phil, Casey and Ryan travel somewhat off-the-grid to visit a rural home in the woods of Central Massachusetts. After being led into a dark basement, they discover a plethora of pictures and artifacts once belonging to the last Vietnam serviceman on their list of men to find photos for. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113220

S1 Episode 11: Noel 12/09/2020

S1 Episode 11: Noel Ryan finally makes progress in tracking down a photo of Michael Faherty, the Irishman recently added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., along with the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Worcester. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113226

S1 Episode 10: Connie 12/02/2020

S1 Episode 10: Connie Within just several years, two brothers mysteriously passed away while serving in the Navy. As the stories go, one died while trying to get onto a ship while the other died falling off of his ship. Ryan, trying to figure out exactly what happened, searches for sailors who might have witnessed these incidents. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113235

S1: Thanksgiving Week Mini-Episode 11/25/2020

S1: Thanksgiving Week Mini-Episode In this special episode, Ryan checks in with some familiar voices and names from previous episodes, getting updates to past storylines. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113244

S1 Episode 9: Bro 11/18/2020

S1 Episode 9: Bro Ryan leaves New England for New York. Even though his goal is to find pictures, Ryan ends up divulging the mysterious details of a soldier's death to an unsuspecting family. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113247

S1 Episode 8: Wally and Cheech 11/11/2020

S1 Episode 8: Wally and Cheech Two men from Eastern Massachusetts, both named Walter, died in Vietnam within just weeks of each other. In one afternoon, around 50 years later, Ryan stumbles upon each of their siblings by accident. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113253

S1 Episode 7: Piero 11/04/2020

S1 Episode 7: Piero As the last of the missing central Massachusetts pictures get rounded up, Ryan searches for a family in East Boston just several doors down from where a serviceman lived when he was killed in Vietnam 52 years ago. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113259

S1 Episode 6: Jerry! 10/28/2020

S1 Episode 6: Jerry! The search for pictures takes Ryan, Phil and Casey outside of Worcester, where a woman's battle with dementia is put to the test in an effort to dig up memories from 50 years in her past. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113262

S1 Episode 5: Franny Part 2 10/21/2020

S1 Episode 5: Franny Part 2 A lifetime of mysteries and 30+ years of a seemingly endless search both come to a halt as Ryan helps Francis Allen Jr.'s younger sister answer some of the questions that have kept her up at night for decades. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113268

S1 Episode 4: Franny 10/14/2020

S1 Episode 4: Franny Ryan connects with three different, yet equally grieving individuals impacted by the death of Francis Allen Jr., who was killed in an ambush after the local militia he was training deserted him. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113271

S1 Episode 3: The Other Richard 10/07/2020

S1 Episode 3: The Other Richard A knock on the front door of Staff Sergeant Joseph Daigneault's sister's home leads to the completion of a photo album 51 years in the making. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113277

S1 Episode 2: Red 09/30/2020

S1 Episode 2: Red Phil makes contact with the niece of his old high school buddy 'Red,' aka Richard Johnson. Richard/Richie/Red/Dickie died in the war around the same time Phil was also in Vietnam fighting to stay alive. Eventually, Phil, Casey and Ryan link up with Richard's sisters, who have just as many stories about their brother as they have photos of him. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113283

S1 Episode 1: Phil and Casey 09/27/2020

S1 Episode 1: Phil and Casey The clock is ticking. For Vietnam Veterans Phil Madio and Casey Polaski, the overall health of their fellow servicemen across the country is rapidly deteriorating. For journalist Ryan Kern, pictures of their fallen comrades are being uncovered every day throughout the United States, leaving only 30 left in Massachusetts to find. While Phil and Casey have dedicated their lives towards healing wounds derived from Vietnam, Ryan has devoted his craft to telling the stories of how those same wounds came to b /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113289

Finding Faces - Coming Soon from Storic Media 09/20/2020

Finding Faces - Coming Soon from Storic Media Journalist Ryan Kern teams up with Vietnam veterans to find the missing photos of servicemen who died in the war, and to investigate and resolve any remaining questions or issues their loved ones are still holding on to five decades later. /episode/index/show/29c487e3-7cc0-4c3c-b433-c838214fef6c/id/24113298

Finding Faces Podcast

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