Veterans' Voices: Rochester
Series produced by KRPR
Veterans' Voices is a radio series exploring the knowledge, experience and leadership of Rochester service members.
Veterans' Voices is a radio series exploring the knowledge, experience and leadership of Rochester service members.
Veteran' Voices is produced by KRPR and Ampers.
52 Pieces
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Terry Throndson was paid $65 a month, and didn’t like it when the boat crews that came alongside the ship to sell pop and other drinks tried to run...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson served on an attack carrier with a population of 6,800. It sometimes took two hours to get a meal. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson’s office on the Franklin Delano Roosevelt attack carrier was 32 feet below water. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson flew off his carrier a lot on trips to resupply the ship. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson experienced three hurricanes in the Navy. Undeterred, the sailors found ways to turn the tossing ship into a variety of games. Here...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson grew up on water in Minnesota. But living aboard a ship in the Navy was a completely new experience. He had to re-learn how to walk...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson spent time aboard a carrier, where he had to strap himself in on deck when he recorded in the logbook to make sure he wasn’t swept ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson was out to sea for three months when the shipped pulled into Barcelona, Spain. As soon as he hit ground, he started to sway. His se...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson took damage control school seriously. He was going to be sent to a carrier and this training showed him how to plug leaks when a sh...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson was put into a Naval fire department where his job put him above enlisted who had more rank on him. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Terry Throndson got along with the pilots aboard his Navy carrier. He became good friends with a pilot he first met when he arrested him during sho...
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
When Terry Throndson was stationed in Scotland with the Navy, he met a local celebrity—the Queen Mother. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
- Added: Jun 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
