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Veterans Breakfast Club: Beaver County (Seven Oaks)

On September 2, 2015, the Veterans Breakfast Club held a storytelling breakfast at Seven Oaks Country Club in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The event was hosted by VBC executive director Todd DePastino. Audiography: Kevin Farkas and Bryan Chemini, Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative. This program features the stories and voices of Lee Corfield, Betty Butera, Larry Googins, …

George Tita: It’s Not Worth Killing a Guy

On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, George Tita shares a story originally told on June 26, 2013 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is engineered and produced by Kevin Farkas.

Tony Sercel: It Made Us Awful Angry

DESCRIPTION: “On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, WWII veteran Tony Sercel shares a story about serving in Europe with the Army’s 82 Airborne Division, as originally told in June 2013 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is …

Guy Prestia: Keep It Clean

On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, WWII veteran Guy Prestia of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania shares a story about a young man who was unprepared for battle, as originally told in January 19, 2015 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This …

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Robert Rose: We Were Human Beings

On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, WWII veteran Robert Rose of Rochester, Pennsylvania shares a story about the cold during the Battle of the Bulge.

Charlie Frank: We’ll Say You a Prayer

On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative Collection, WWII veteran Charlie Frank of Rochester, Pennsylvania shares a story about witnessing the fatal wounding of his assistant squad leader.

Bob Rivers: WWII Reenactor and Living Historian

On episode 27 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a conversation with WWII reenactor and living historian, Bob Rivers of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. Recorded May 11, 2016. Host: Kevin Farkas, with Bryan Chemini. Audiography: Kevin Farkas.

Patriotic Duty

by TSVPArgot: Audio Short Stories Podcast, Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast October 20, 2019February 4, 2020Comments are Disabled

Fritz Ottenheimer Patriotic Duty Fritz Ottenheimer was born in Kontanz, Germany. He was able to escape Germany along with his family and come to the United States before the darkest days of the Holocaust. Speaking of the atrocities that the world–and especially Jews–suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War …