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StoryCorps: Emily Aho and Hannah Sibley-Liddle
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Emily Aho and her daughter Hannah Sibley-Liddle in New Hampshire. 2016., Credit: Hannah Sibley-Liddle
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
Oh! What A Poetical War!
From: Sue Zizza
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Featuring the popular poetry of the time before and during the Great War: the Music Hall songs; the songs the soldiers sang; the poems that served ...

Bought by KAAD-LP, Prairie Public, and KAAD-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
I Was Boston
From: Otis Gray
Caption: Keven Joyce, umpiring a JV baseball game in Plymouth, Credit: Otis Gray
50 years after the infamous Battle of Hue, a Vietnam vet talks about living with memories you have no choice but to carry.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Atilano Bernardo David, WWII Veteran on Resilience
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Atilano Bernardo David, Credit: Alden Bruce
A short Memorial Day affirmation from WWII veteran, Atilano Bernardo David, describes shares his wisdom on resilience after surviving war and the B...

  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:51
Holocaust Remembrance and the Responsibility of Bystanders
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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To create thought around Yom Hashoah, known in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, Radio Curious revisits an archive interview with Ralph Appelba...

Bought by KWIT and KVMR


  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: May 18 Memorial in Gwangju, Korea, Credit: May 18 Memorial Foundation
On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea rose up for reunification and an end to U.S.-backed military dictatorships. Their actions chan...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps: Armeen Hamdani and Talat Hamdani
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Talat Hamdani (left) and Armeen Hamdani (right)
Talat Hamdani remembers her son, a NYPD cadet who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was wrongfully accused of having terrorist links.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:13
A WWII Love Story
From: Lester Graham
Caption: Bill and Odelle Berkley shortly after they got married.
Here's a WWII love story you've not heard before.

Bought by KUCB


  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 1
We've Never Been The Same: A War Story
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Some of Delta 187 Rakassans
We've Never Been The Same: A War Story is the story of one night of battle and the decades of recovery that followed. Produced by Adam Piore and Ja...

Bought by KRWG, KUHF, WFDD, WORT, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 107
Prisoners of War, The Battle of the Bulge
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
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This hour features four Vermont soldiers captured at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The program weaves together their stories of capture,...

Bought by WXDU and KREV-LP


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gettysburg
From: WFIU
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Gettysburg is a classic program from the CBS Radio Workshop that's perfect for the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, which was fought from J...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 24:29
Pearl Harbor Veteran Jim Peacock Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Pearl Harbor veteran Jim Peacock., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Jim Peacock is one of only a few dozen U.S. veterans who witnessed both the beginning of World War II at Pearl Harbor and the war's end on deck the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 13
Southern Sudanese in Kenya vote for a new country
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: A pastor at a Southern Sudanese church in a refugee camp in Kenya., Credit: Becky Palmstrom
As the newest country in the world celebrates, Becky Palmstrom travels to Kenya to hear the prayers and songs of the refugees waiting to return to ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 05:18
Finding Peace in Making Paper
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A twenty-five year old Marine veteran suffering from PTSD has found peace through making paper from his old uniforms. He's also found his voice...a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KRUA, PRX Remix, KUOW, and Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 5
Bracelets of Grace: The Vietnam War Story of Major Stanley Horne
From: David Berner
Caption: Bracelets of Grace: The Vietnam War Story of Major Stanley Horne
It's been 40 years since the very first POW-MIA bracelet was made and distributed. The iconic bracelets had a humble beginning at the height of th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KUAC, WMPG, KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 20
The Rwandan Genocide
From: Arndt Peltner
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In the evening of April 6th 1994 the plane of the Rwandan president was shot down. This sparked the genocide that nearly killed one million people

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 14:39
A Postcard from Paris: Armistice Day 2008
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
The 90th Anniversary of the end of World War I

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
VOICES FROM IRAQ
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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A Special Presentation of War News Radio

Bought by KGOU, WCPN, KUOW, KUT, and WKSU


  • Added: Mar 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Voice of the Troubles: 25th Anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strike (Cutaway)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

  • Added: Jul 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:23
Burial At Sea
From: Adam Allington
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Bill Bricker has one particular memory that colors his observation of Memorial Day

Bought by KBBI Alaska, WTIP, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 8
The Last Yugoslavs
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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Jonathan Groubert tells the story of a surprising encounter during his first visit to Belgrade

  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 05:43
War Vets
From: Conrad Bishop
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.-

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, WNIJ, and KCUR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 56:15
  • Purchases: 5
Surviving The Holocaust
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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A survivor of 5 concentrations camps tells his story

  • Added: May 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Never Again: A Holocaust Memorial - with Elie Wiesel and Abraham Foxman
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: ONLY IN AMERICA: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience
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NEVER AGAIN: A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL: is a one hour special that includes Larry Josephson's recent exclusive interview with Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 15