Argot: Audio Short Story Collection – Episode 12

George Tita : It’s Not Worth Killing a Guy <img width=”300″ height=”300″ src=”https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/COVER-ART-GEORGE-TITA.png-300×300.jpg” alt=”” loading=”lazy” /> George Tita of Darlington, Pennsylvania was drafted soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor.  Along with his childhood friend, Pete, George served with the 691<sup>st</sup> Tank Destroyer outfit.  In March 1944, the 691<sup>st </sup>shipped to Europe. George had more than a …

Argot: Audio Short Story Collection – Episode 09

Cries | Jaqueline Winowich   On this episode of Argot: Audio Short Stories from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Collection, Jaqueline Winowich shares a story originally told on November 23, 2012 to the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This audio short story is engineered and produced by Kevin Farkas. …

Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast – Episode 22

Todd DePastino | Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front     Todd DePastino says that famed cartoonist, Bill Mauldin, was “a self-described ‘desert rat’ who rocketed to fame at the age of twenty-two, capturing the world of the American combat soldier during WWII.  His cartoon, Willie and Joe, appeared in Stars and Stripes and hundreds of …