Argot: Audio Short Story Collection – Episode 17

Fran Rifugiato: Lucky Man <img width=”785″ height=”785″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Untitled.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” sizes=”100vw” /> On this episode of <em>Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection</em>, WWII veteran Francis Rifugiato of Pittsburgh shares a story about the death of his army buddy Charlie and his own fortunate life, as originally told in …

Argot: Audio Short Story Collection – Episode 16

Guy Prestia: Keep It Clean  <h2>MEMORIAL DAY 2023: SOMETIMES THE ENEMY COMES FROM WITHIN</h2>  Examining a wide range of military records and other government data as far back at 1819, historians tell us that rates of suicide while in uniform have fluctuated greatly from era to era, war to war. The highest peak on record …

Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast – Episode 32

Jay Paisley: The Huffman Letters <img width=”300″ height=”300″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/VV-PODCAST-EP32-COVER-ART-300×300.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” sizes=”100vw” /> On episode 32 of <em>Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast</em>, we have a conversation with Jay Paisley, author of <em>The Huffman Letters: Civil War Letters to Beaver County, Pennsylvania. </em> “In 1861, sixteen year old William Henry Huffman enlisted in the Union Army,” writes …