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Capt. Roger Hill, U.S. Army, Iraq, Afghanistan
U.S. Army veteran Roger Hill graduated from West Point and earned a Bronze Star in Iraq during some of the worst fighting of that war. Later he served in Afghanistan and ended up battling the enemy a…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
TSgt. Sonia Buchanan, Wisconsin Air National Guard, Afghanistan
Wisconsin Air National Guard TSgt. Sonia Buchanan first joined the Army National Guard and became an early member of a trailblazing program that helped special forces learn critical tactical informat…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
Capt. Paz Gomez, U.S. Navy, 9/11, Port Hueneme
Retired U.S. Navy Captain Paz Gomez shares her story of trailblazing military service in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps.
In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Captain Gomez shares the story o…
Published on 5 years, 1 month ago
CMSgt. Jo Keller, USAF, Khobar Towers, Iraq
Retired U.S. Air Force CMSgt. Jo Keller joins us to discuss her 26 years of service. Chief Keller describes serving as an aeromedical evacuation technician in Iraq, the Balkans, and Saudi Arabia, am…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Justin Sheffield, U.S. Navy SEAL, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia
U.S. Navy veteran Justin Sheffield walks us through his 14 years of service, almost all of it as a a U.S. Navy SEAL, including many years with the elite SEAL Team Six.
Sheffield gives us an amazing g…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
RDML Robert Shumaker, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, POW
In early 1965, U.S. Naval Aviator Robert Shumaker was deployed to Vietnam. He said goodbye to his wife and newborn son, never imagining he wouldn't see them for another eight years.
In this edition o…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Lois Bouton, U.S. Coast Guard, WWII
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Lois Bouton asked to join the U.S. Coast Guard but was told it did not accept women. The very next year, the policy changed and the Coast Guard Women's Res…
Published on 5 years, 2 months ago
Vincent Okamoto, U.S. Army, Vietnam
Vincent Okamoto was born in a Japanese internment camp during World War II and later became the most highly-decorated Japanese-American soldier to survive the Vietnam War.
In this edition of Veterans …
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Andrew Napier, Combat Medic, Afghanistan
Andrew Napier joined the Kentucky Army National Guard as a way to get a college education. Soon he was trained to be a combat medic and he volunteered to be deployed. He soon spent a life-changing to…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Col. James Riffe, U.S. Army, WWII, Okinawa
Retired U.S. Army Col. James Riffe joins us to discuss his 30 years of service to the United States, with a focus on his many roles during the critical and costly battle of Okinawa in 1945.
In this ed…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago