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Cousins Jennifer Swanson and Carla Swanson Gawthrop's second interview with Jenny's uncle/Carla's dad as the extended family is gathered for a wedding. Eldon Carl Swanson Jr covers how he got into the Navy, how he and Dee afforded a steak...

Richard Hanzlik was a Navy Senior Petty Officer at the NAS Meridian Navy Base in Mississippi. He served during Vietnam.

Leland Hughes Hemming (85 years old) describes Leland Alfred Hemming’s (his father’s) career in the U.S. Navy from the early 1930’s until after World War 2, including the circumstances that earned him the Bronze Star.

Fred Tejada discusses his childhood in the Philippines in the 1940s and the opportunities he had been given from it

It doesn't matter how late you learn in life. If you learn to know you will succeed.

Captain Johnston talks about her experiences being in the Navy for the past 30 years. She tells of her different deployments, especially those on the hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, during the Gulf War and during a humanitarian mission to...

Marjorie Wigmore Niedbala Jordan shares stories about her life as she approaches her 98th birthday.

Listen to the some of the life experiences of a female Supply Corps Officer in the Navy

Harry S. Scott, born January 1922 and one of the last surviving veterans of WWII, tells a story of late in the war. He was an ensign and then LTJG aboard the Y.M.S. 387 (yard minesweeper) off Okinawa in 1945,...

A day in life of a sailor on 9/11.

We discussed some aspects of my father’s military life and important life lessons he learned.

Renee Metz interviews Ricco Reyes about his life; what he loved about his life, and what he wishes he had done differently.

Ann describes the beginning, in 1978, of what is now known as the US Navy’s Fleet & Family Support Center.

My father's time as a construction contractor in Afghanistan during the U.S. Afghan war.

We talked about my grandfather's early life and military life.

Ensign Dale Gump, a Commissioned Officer within NOAA Corps, talks to Nathaniel Janick for the American Geophysical Union’s Paths Through Science project about the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps, his work aboard the NOAAS Thomas Jefferson, and advice on successful careers...

On a Febuary 3, 2018. I, Kendall Mullen, interviewed Kent Mullen, my father, about his time in the army. I learned some important lessons on how the navy shaped my father into the kind loving, and responsible person he is...

A quick story of how Theda met the love of her life during world war two while serving in the navy.

Paul Keefe's experience in the US Navy including service in the Mediterranean on the USS Lake Champlain helped him get his degree in aeronautical engineering & led to a career in electrical engineering at companies including D.E.C.

This Nurse, Wife, Mother, and Grandmother talks about her childhood in the Philippines and her path to the US.