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StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Cathy Sprigg
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative: Roman Coley Davis and Dan Marek
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Former Army intelligence collector Roman Coley Davis talks about a package he received while stationed in Afghanistan.

Bought by WEZU and WVBI-LP


  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #128 UGANDA: Pt 3 - Escape
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Beatrice Oswee with her daughter in Gulu, Uganda.
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:25
¿QPM? 2: Loyalty por la patria y la familia.
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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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...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
They Are Going to Kill Us
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Houda and Farrah showing off their University of Arizona gear outside the KXCI studios. They coincidentally both came to the recording all decked out in UA colors! Like many Syrian girls, Farrah doesn’t show her face on social media.
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
StoryCorps: George Rincon and Yolanda Reyes
From: StoryCorps
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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
I Pretend That I Am a Man But I am Just a Young Boy
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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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
Let Us Be As One Hand
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Episode 8: Houda & Melanie refer to Houda’s apartment complex in Tucson as Small Syria—16 Syrian families live there today, but a year ago there we...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
These Few Remaining Memories
From: City High Radio
Caption: Mattea, her big sister, Margo, and her dad
Even though Mattea was only six years old when her dad died, the loss still affects her today. In this moving story, Mattea, now 17, sits down to t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Phillip and Andy
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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You may remember a 2014 StoryCorps about an Iraqi interpreter living in Minnesota with the help of a U.S. soldier. Three years later, the interpret...

Bought by WDBM and WGUC/ WVXU


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Hartmut Lau and Barbara Lau
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Hartmut Lau and Barbara Lau
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
StoryCorps MVI: Jenna Henderson and Laurie Laychak
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Jenna Henderson (right) and Laurie Laychak (left)
Jenna Henderson came to StoryCorps to remember her husband, Army Sgt. First Class Chris Henderson, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007.

Bought by WTIP and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Love in 56KB
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
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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
StoryCorps MVI: Ernesto Rodriguez and Sebastian Rodriguez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Ernesto Rodriguez and his son, Sebastian, when Sebastian was 2 years old, Credit: Ernesto Rodriguez
For Father’s Day, retired Marine Lieutenant Ernesto Rodriguez answers tough questions about war and family from his 11-year-old son Sebastian.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Jim Stockdale and Jasey Schnaars
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
Bringing Home the War Dead (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Before the Korean War, the bodies of American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the nature of the confli...

Bought by WCNY, KWMR, WFAE, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WXDU and more


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Bringing Home the War Dead (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Before the Korean War, the bodies of American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the nature of the confli...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WFHB, WNMU-FM, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Catherine Alaniz-Simonds and David Taylor
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, author of "Midnight in Broad Daylight"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Sakamoto about the true story of a Japanese American family caught in the cross hairs of World War II.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2016
  • Length: 30:51
The Happiness of the Human Family and Its Familiar Enemy
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
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
StoryCorps: Barry Romo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Bill Branson (L) and Barry Romo (R)
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
War Widows
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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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
MN Reads: The War Came Home With Him: A Daughter's Memoir
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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We visit with editor, journalist and author Catherine Madison, whose latest book, The War Came Home with Him: A Daughter's Memoir has just been pub...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps MVI: Donna Orolin
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Donna Orolin
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
StoryCorps MVI: Anny Pena and Jonny Pena
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Anny (L) and Jonny (R) Pena
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

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