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Oct 2023
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*PREVIEW* Pete Ellis, The Drunken Madman...

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*This is a preview of a bonus episode. If you want to listen to the whole thing, support the show on Patreon* https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Pete Ellis was a marine who not only foresaw the pacific theater of WWII, but pretty much invented the modern US Marine Corps. He was also a drunken madman who went on one of the worst spying missions in Am ... Show More
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