Dub & Marty’s First Home Together

Dub describes living with Marty in their first home, celebrating their elopement with a party, and attending the U.S. Navy Modern Warfare School.

Bill the veteran
December 15, 2023 App Interview

Bill is my 90 year old neighbor who is a veteran. He served in the U.S. army in the Korean War and lived very differently than how we do today. Bill shares his accomplishments, regrets, and life story in this...

Eldon Carl Swanson Jr., part 2 stories

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 – NAS Meridian Mississippi

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

The Naval Service of Leland Alfred Hemming Recounted by His Son, Leland Hughes Hemming

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.

Interview with my great-grandfather

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

Interview with Captain Sandra Johnston of the U.S. Navy (my amazing mom)

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...

Story Corps with the Supply Corps

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

PTSD and Me: How Poetry saved me from Suicide

Erika Land and Aissatou Sidime-Blanton discuss that PTSD the Erika suffered as part of her U.S. military service as a pharmacy technician and how poetry, and producing her one-woman play (“PTSD and Me/At ease. Not today PTSD.”), has helped her...

World War II — Okinawa Shore Leave

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,...

For God and Country

Every year tens of thousands of people raise their hands and swear an oath to protect and serve their country in the United States Military. The purpose of this interview is to highlight one of those individuals and give listeners...

One Man’s Military Service

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

Who do you look up to most
November 24, 2018 App Interview

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

War Never Changes

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

“The Government’s Best Kept Secret”: Dale Gump and the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps

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...