Todd DePastino | VBC Post-9/11 Veterans Storytelling Project On episode 1 of Longest War, the podcast of VBC’s Post-9/11 Veterans Storytelling Project, we have an in-depth conversation with VBC executive director Todd DePastino about the Post-9/11 Veterans Storytelling Project. The Global War on Terror is our nation’s first war fought with an all-volunteer …
His Family | Richard Glassbrenner On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, Richard Glassbrenner shares a story originally told on June 8, 2016 at the Veterans Breakfast Club in Wexford, Pennsylvania. This audio short story is engineered and produced by Kevin Farkas of the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh …
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Jamie Stoner | Washing, Sewing, and Listening Machines On episode 2 of the podcast, Allegheny-Kiski Valley Historical Society and Heritage Museum head volunteer Sean Isaacs talks with curator Jamie Stoner about a new permanent exhibit featuring historic home appliances such as washing machines, sewing machines, radios, and phonographs. This episode was recorded May …
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. Bob Rivers is a civilian, but he …
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Bruna Riccobon | Memoirs of a Refugee Girl WWII came to northeastern Italy and the coastal city of Trieste long before the Germans did. As early as 1940 Fascist Italian rulers were eliminating nationalist and anti-Fascist Italians and Slovenes, imprisoning and killing thousands. As Trieste resistance fighters became active in 1943, German troops were …
Lou Baczewski Louch: A Simple Man’s True Story of War, Survival, Life, and Legacy On episode 26 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a conversation with Lou Baczewski, author of Louch: A Simple Man’s True Story of War, Survival, Life, and Legacy. Recorded April 16, 2016. Hosts: Kevin Farkas, Todd DePastino, with Bryan …
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Valerie DeFazio-Vacula The Italian Campaign: The Forgotten War On episode 25 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a conversation with Valerie DeFazio-Vacula, author of The Italian Campaign: The Forgotten War – a true-life account of the experiences of Pittsburgh WWII veteran, Albert DeFazio. Recorded March 19, 2016. Hosts: Kevin Farkas, Todd DePastino, with Bryan …
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Brad Hoopes | World War II Veterans Memories On Episode 24 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we have a conversation with Brad Hoopes, award-winning author, oral historian, and founder of the Northern Colorado Veteran History Project. Brad Hoopes lives in northern Colorado. He’s just an ordinary guy, he admits. But he’s on an …
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