Rick Erisman of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania joined the navy, serving as a radioman from 1969 to 1973. As to why he enlisted in the service after graduating college in North Carolina he admits, “I really didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I did want to serve my country.” After all, he was inspired his …
Ted Debiak was drafted into the US Army after graduating from Penn State. He served as a combat medic from 1966 to 1968. When Ted arrived in Vietnam at Cam Ranh Bay he was attached to the 4th Infantry Division. “It was hot,” he recalls. “So very hot.” Combat medics were individually targeted by the …
Edith Stein, 97, of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania is a Holocaust survivor. Born and raised within a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, she remembers a slow rise of social bigotry and cultural brutality against Jews and others deemed “undesirable.” Fascism’s grip on Europe then, as now, she contemplates, was inspired. People learned to hate their neighbors, …
When Clarence “Joe” Goritz joined the navy in April 1943 WWII and served with the famed Seabees in the South Pacific, it was a natural occupational fit. After all, Joe comes from a mechanically-gifted family of builders and tradesmen. “When I came home from the war, I couldn’t accept all things that had changed since …
Herb Baugh of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania volunteered to join the army during the Korean War. In those days the military was still segregated, and the experience left a lasting impression on Herb. Because he had worked on the railroad in Pittsburgh before the war, Herb was placed with the 724th Railway Operating Battalion of the Transportation …
Judy Foster | Enon Valley Community Historical Society <img width=”300″ height=”300″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Untitled3.png-300×300-1-300×300.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” sizes=”100vw” /> <strong>ABOUT THIS EPISODE</strong> On episode 6 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we visit with Judy Foster of the Enon Valley Community Historical Society and talk about the Civil War Roundheads, the importance of Enon Valley as an …
Ohio Paranormal Investigation Team | Ghost Hunting ABOUT THIS EPISODE On episode 2 of Tony Lavorgne’s Legends & Lore Podcast, we talk with Melissa Rhodes Hornbeck, Claudia Lewis Esken, and Michelle Price of the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Team about seeking out paranormal activity and ghost hunting in the Ohio Valley region. This episode was …
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Karen Struble Myers | Fred M. Rogers Center ABOUT THIS EPISODE On episode 5 of the Little Beaver Historical Society Podcast, we visit the Fred M. Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Our special guest is Karen Struble Myers, Director of Development and Communications, …
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