They Trapped Polio Patients Inside of Tubes to Save Them

On this episode of Our American Stories, Daryn Glassbrook of the Mobile Medical Museum tells the story of the iron lung, a device used to keep people with advanced polio alive in the first half of the 20th century. Heather McPherson, Curator of History at the South Carolina Military Museum, shares the story of why she chose her career to honor her great uncle. Roger McGrath tells another "Hollywood Goes to War" story of American screenwriter, Merian C. Cooper. Cooper worked on various cinematic classics, including "King Kong". He also served our country in WWI as a U.S. Air Force and Polish Air Force officer. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)   Time Codes: 00:00 - The Literary Masterpiece That Saved Ulysses S. Grant's Family 10:00 - The American Surgeon Who Escaped the Viet Cong 35:00 - Buck O'Neil's 15 Years of Rejection Before the Hall of FameSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.