The Last Post: Jo-Carroll Dennison

Dave Severance was a United States Marine Corps colonel. During World War II, he served as the commanding officer of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines and led his company in the battle of Iwo Jima. Kieran found out all about him on The Last Post.

Every week John Kelleher joins the show for The Last Post, this week John discusses Jean Binta Breeze Jamaican poet who died aged 65... The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.     You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.  

This week on The Last Post, John Kelleher told us about the life of Faye Schulman, a woman who fought and photographed the Jewish resistance during the Holocaust and who died recently at the age of 101. The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

Every Wednesday on the Hard Shoulder, we bring you The Last Post - where we hear about the life of someone who has recently died but you have probably never heard of... Today, John Kelleher told us all about Australian seafarer Peter Warner, who rescued six shipwrecked boys from Tonga, who had survived for eighteen months on a desert island in the South Pacific. Picture: Peter Warner (third left) with his crew: David, John, Luke, Bill, Stephen, Jim, Kolo and Mano in 1968. Photograph: John Raymond/Fairfax Media

Every Wednesday on the Hard Shoulder, we bring you The Last Post - where we hear about the life of someone who has recently died but you have probably never heard of... Today, John Kelleher told us all about defence lawyer to the stars Howard Weitzman. The Hard Shoulder Listen and subscribe to The Hard Shoulder on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.