PRX - Pieces for Topic: Family
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- Added: Oct 25, 2022
- Length: 52:50
The true, autobiographical story by Antonia (Steadman) Matthew told through the letters she exchanged with her father fighting in the Burma campaig...
- Added: Oct 16, 2022
- Length: 57:00
Capt. Helen Perry talks with her husband, Sgt. Matthew Perry, about their enduring love, and the impacts of Matthew’s memory loss.
- Added: Oct 04, 2022
- Length: 02:56
Cherie inherits a stack of 33 letters, written by her grandfather, who died during the Korean War, and who Cherie’s family never talked about. Befo...
- Added: Sep 24, 2021
- Length: 19:47
An episode dedicated to the Sailors and Marines that have the watch during the holidays.
- Added: Dec 23, 2020
- Length: 08:47
Within the first days of the First Lebanon War, two families become unfortunately intertwined through the coincidence of their name.
- Added: Nov 15, 2018
- Length: 29:26
Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 02:49
- Purchases: 2
Because Pedro is a U.S. citizen, he was able to sign up for eight years of service and in return, his parents can stay in this country after living...
- Added: Jan 15, 2018
- Length: 09:35
- Purchases: 2
At the beginning of the Iraq War, nearly 40,000 members of the United States military were not citizens. Army Private First Class Diego Rincon was ...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Jun 29, 2017
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
A decorated veteran who served 24 years in the U.S. Army talks with his wife for the first time about his experiences during the Vietnam War.
- Added: Nov 14, 2016
- Length: 02:40
Jenna Henderson came to StoryCorps to remember her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Chris Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.
- Added: Sep 08, 2016
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
He was in Beirut during the Lebanon-Israel war; she was in a small village outside of Rotterdam. They met on MSN Messenger.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 25, 2016
- Length: 22:24
- Purchases: 1
Vice Admiral James Stockdale was a Vietnam War POW for more than seven years. His son, Jim, recalls the family’s difficult wait for his father’s re...
Bought by WEZU and Blue Mountain Radio
- Added: May 27, 2016
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 2
Retired Marines Anny and Jonny Pena talk about the challenges they faced as military spouses, and what it was like when Jonny came home from Afghan...
Bought by WVBI-LP, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 03:13
- Purchases: 3
Yvette Benavidez Garcia and her husband, Rene, remember her father, Army Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez, a Medal of Honor recipient.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 02:18
- Purchases: 1
When Marine Cpl. Zach Stiles returned from Iraq, he couldn't sleep, hold down a job or pay rent. He and his father sat down with StoryCorps to talk...
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 03:21
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Karen Jordan works with vets and their families to find their way back home together.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 01:00
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
Shirley Parrello speaks with former Marine Sergeant Kevin Powell, who was with her son Lance...
- Added: Oct 31, 2014
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 3
Sally Edwards (L) and Lue Hutchinson (R) remember becoming friends after they both lost sons in the Gulf War.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 1
Staff Sergeant Daniel Hodd and his mother, Evelyn, talk about Daniel's decision to put aside a promising career as a pianist in order to join the M...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 02:20
- Purchases: 2
Tracy Johnson and her mother in-law, Sandra Johnson, talk about the death of their wife and daughter, Army Staff Sergeant Donna Johnson.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 1
Gordon Bolar tells StoryCorps founder Dave Isay about his son, Army Specialist Matthew Bolar, who was killed in Iraq in 2007.
- Added: Nov 26, 2012
- Length: 04:25
- Purchases: 4
Now that her kids are grown up, it's not them keeping Jane up at night—it's her father.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 04:26
- Purchases: 1
A documentary exploring the effects of being a refugee on identity and personal relationships.
- Added: Apr 19, 2012
- Length: 51:59
