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Richard Hoy and Angel Hoy

Richard Hoy (71) shares some of his military experiences with his daughter Angel Hoy (18). He discusses his deployment to Vietnam, serving as a medic, and explains the scars and experiences that got him the Purple Heart Medal. Richard also...

Life of Laurence Hartnett

The interview takes us through the life of Laurence Hartnett, my grandfather. In the interview we talked about his early life, his service in the military and his life as a grandfather. His early life included growing up in Melrose...

Grant Erickson, Beverly Brook, Christy Hightower, , and

Grant Erickson, who had his 95th birthday ten days before telling this story, talks with Beverly Brook and Christy Hightower about the highlights of his life. He was one of eleven children, and grew up on a series of farms...

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Mark Fleming and Maggie O'Conner Reardon

Mark Fleming (73) talks to his life partner, Maggie O’Conner Reardon [no age given], about his experiences as a Vietnam War veteran and the impact it has had on him.

Lori Kearney on veitnam teachings compared to knowledge today

Lori Kearney, a teacher raised by a Vietnam veteran father, speaks on what she learned as a teen in school about the war that some believe the US didn’t belong in. She discussed the ego of the United States not...

Suesann Pommerenke Life in Japan

Suesan Pomeranke was born in 1937 and lived in Japan from 1963-1968. We talk about what it was like to grow up in a small town in Minnesota during the Cold War and then live in Japan during the Vietnam...

Interview With My Father

My dad talks about his experiences and memories around the time of the Vietnam War, with having to flee the country, and eventually reaching America. He experienced hardships in America too as he had to learn the language and create...

Colorado "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day" Interview with Bill Elder

March 30 is designated as Colorado "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day", a commemorative state holiday, and allows for appropriate observance by the public and in all public schools in tribute to the service and sacrifice of Vietnam Veterans. Bill Elder,...

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Peggy McAlister Davis and Richard Nordstrom

One Small Step conversation partners Peggy Davis (71) and Richard Nordstrom (88) talk about the evolution of their political beliefs, and the historic moments they lived through that helped shaped them.

War Stories

My grandfather, Thomas Ciesla, talked about his time serving in the US military during the Vietnam War. He was a lieutenant in a US naval reserve medical core on active duty 1961-1964. He spoke about serving in Vietnam, telling his...