Tom Davidson & Gwen Titley | Veterans of Beaver Valley On episode 34 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a conversation with Tom Davidson and Gwen Titley, part of the creative team producing the Veterans of Beaver Valley oral history series of The Beaver County Times. When the travelling replica …
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Lewis Cooke: I’m Much Different Today <img width=”776″ height=”776″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ARGOT_LEWIS-COOKE-COVER-ART.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>, Vietnam veteran Lewis Cooke of Tionesta, Pennsylvania shares a story about his buddy <a href=”http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/3594/ARNOLD-BENSON-JR”>Arnold Benson</a> and the inadvertent keepsake Arnie left behind. Lewis …
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Tom Flynn | Avenue of 444 Flags & the War on Terror Memorial On episode 33 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a conversation with Tom Flynn of Mercer County, and we talk about patriotism, remembering, and preserving stories through his Avenue of 444 Flags and War on Terror veterans memorials in …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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It Made Us Awful Angry | Tony Sercel 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 …
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Lee Bruner | Army – Afghanistan On episode 5 of Longest War, the podcast of VBC’s Post-9/11 Veterans Storytelling Project, we have an in-depth conversation with US Army veteran of Afghanistan, Lee Bruner, about first combat, the African-American veteran experience, coping with post-traumatic stress, and coming home. Explicit language/content. Those who served since …
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