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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
Keith Chapman sits down with his mother, Lynn Chapman, to remember his brother, Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman, the first American soldier to b...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 1
An episode dedicated to the Sailors and Marines that have the watch during the holidays.
- Added: Dec 23, 2020
- Length: 08:47
- Added: Aug 03, 2020
- Length: 09:10
- Purchases: 1
After losing her father, Army Staff Sergeant Emilio “Leo” DiPalma, to COVID-19, Emily Aho reflects on his WWII service with her daughter, Hannah Si...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jun 16, 2020
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 1
The person Besher admires the most is his father, a well known surgeon in Aleppo, Syria. Everything changed when they fled, except his love.
- Added: May 11, 2020
- Length: 12:26
Jolynn Lee, Marine Corp Spouse of the Year 2018, shares her journey of helping her husband and family live with PTSD.
- Added: Feb 26, 2019
- Length: 58:03
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
Duane Topping served three tours in Iraq. Coming home, he suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, but found comfort from an unexpected place.
- Added: Oct 11, 2018
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 2
For her new album, Nashville singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier collaborated with veterans to write songs about war, service, and life after the milit...
Bought by WUSF, KMUD, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Texas Public Radio, and KPBS
- Added: Jun 13, 2018
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 5
Cathy Sprigg remembers her son, Army Specialist Robert Joseph Allen, who committed suicide while serving in the military.
Bought by WEZU and Enchantment Radio
- Added: May 29, 2018
- Length: 02:51
- Purchases: 2
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
In episode 14 Farrah returns with Houda to talk about her family’s harrowing experience in their home in Homs, Syria early in the war. After the ev...
- Added: Aug 02, 2017
- Length: 05:20
Episode 9: Houda introduces you to another resident of Tucson’s Small Syria: her neighbor and classmate, Mohammad.
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 04:35
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
Catherine Alaniz-Simonds and retired Col. David Taylor remember Catherine’s husband, Andy Alaniz, who died by friendly fire during the Gulf War.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Apr 19, 2016
- Length: 01:50
- Purchases: 1
All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, Tolstoi wrote as the first sentence in Anna Karenina. The epitaph he c...
- Added: Dec 15, 2015
- Length: 04:45
Veteran Barry Romo and his nephew Bobby Romo were born a month apart and grew up together. They both went to Vietnam, only one came home.
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio , and WTJU
- Added: Nov 06, 2015
- Length: 02:16
- Purchases: 5
In our everyday lives we often see veterans wearing their hats designating where and when they served. What we never see, from any war, is the wido...
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 01:00:01
Donna Orolin remembers the disappearance of her husband, Private First Class Brian Orolin, and the day he came home from Afghanistan.
Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WTJU
- Added: Sep 08, 2015
- Length: 02:26
- Purchases: 2
Sgt. Major Lisa Torello remembers her father, Sgt 1st Class Carl Torello, who was killed in Vietnam in 1965, with Tony Cistaro, who was with her fa...
- Added: May 22, 2015
- Length: 03:05
Widow of highly decorated Navy Seal Chris Kyle unveils her husband's amazing story of service.
- Added: May 13, 2015
- Length: 16:12
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
