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Caption: Quang Adam Nguyen, Angela's dad, holding the South Vietnamese and American flags. , Credit: Credit Courtesy of Quang Adam Nguyen
Angela Nguyen is going away to college and leaving behind everything she loves. Her dad did the same when he left Vietnam. But unlike her, he left ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: Mike at his home in Brookline, MA, Credit: Eric Molinsky
This audio was recorded in 2008 when I asked my uncle Mike Alexander to talk about his service as a bombardier in World War II. Mike was a proud Je...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 13:10
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Command Sergeant Major Roy Wilkins and Retired Army 1st Sergeant Keith Melick, who first crossed paths at war in 2004, talk about reuniting in a VA...

Bought by Blue Mountain Radio , WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 3
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Shirley Parrello speaks with former Marine Sergeant Kevin Powell, who was with her son Lance...

Bought by WEZU, PRX Remix, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Aqeela Sherrills
Wounded warriors have walked through fire. Facing the unimaginable traumas of war, abuse, and violence, what can we learn from looking respectfully...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
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William and Yvonne Russell talk about life after his return from Vietnam; and how they dealt with PTSD before the term existed.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:45
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Anthony Mattia came home from Iraq as a highly decorated soldier, but the trauma he experienced in combat is putting his own freedom in jeopardy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
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What is it like to be a student who has fought in a war?

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:01:50
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Miriam Nobre, Credit: http://marchamulheres.files.wordpress.com/
We profile women fighting the expansion of global militarism and violence; Stella Soh, Kathy Kelly, and Miriam Nobre.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we look at conscientious objection to military service, which, in the United States, some presume doesn’t co...

Bought by KUOW and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we look at conscientious objection to military service, which, in the United States, some presume doesn’t co...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young men in crowded cabins, with salt water sho...

Bought by WHFR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, KYUK, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 26:24
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Bruce Dancis
Bruce Dancis arrived at Cornell University in 1965 as a youth who was no stranger to political action. He grew up in a radical household and took p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
During this time of year remember the veterans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: :10
  • Purchases: 1
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My Dad never wanted to be a hero. Survival was the only option.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 11:01
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Everyday, it seems war is in the news. Headlines report on wars from around the globe. But what happens when a war ends? Today, the group called...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:45
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Edwidge Danticat, winner of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, returns fifteen years after her first interview with NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR to t...

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WJCU


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Tony Lin served from 2005 to 2013 and was deployed five times, including two Marine Expeditionary Unit deployments and three to Afghanistan. He ser...

Bought by KALH and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Sorn Jessen was attached to the 513th Military Intelligence Battalion out of Fort Gordon, Ga. He deployed with his unit to Camp Doha, Kuwait, in Se...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Larry G. Himes served in the U.S. Air Force, the U.S Army National Guard and the U.S. Army. His service began in 1980. He deployed with the Nationa...

Bought by KALH


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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War and violence never exist in a vacuum. Intrastate conflict often has far-reaching effects that extend outside a nation’s borders. War News Radio...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Brian Balogh talks with former aid worker David Koren about his experiences during the Biafran airlift in the late 1960s, and explores whether...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paul Wayman (L) and Nathanael Roberti (R)
Marine Corporal Paul Wayman (L) talks with his friend Nathanael Roberti, (R) a former Navy Seal, about their trouble readjusting to civilian life a...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Remo del Tredici began making violins in his 70s. Inspired by his neighbor, a volunteer for AmVets, and the memory of his brother who was killed du...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 2