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Donna Butts (66) interviews her friend Donna Gehlhaart (67) about her experience as a woman in Army, serving during peacetime, and her college experience.

Mary Crist (40) shares a conversation with her father, Jim Crist (66), about his childhood, his relationship with her mother, and the concerts that each of them have enjoyed.

Hillary Barton (38) interviews her great-uncle, Noel Nellis (87), about his childhood, career, family, church, and the lessons that he has learned throughout his life.

Elizabeth Liska (25) interviews her friend Roger Strege (82) about his childhood, his military service, and his time overseas.

Catiya Gainor (68) interviews her friend Bethany Ryals (66) about her career as a military colonel.

Shermaine Perry-Knights (37) speaks with StoryCorps Facilitator, Morgan Zipf-Meister (40), about her upbringing as a military brat and messages behind the books she has written.

Mother and son Dianne Bitzes (61) and Ian Bitzes (24), discuss what Military service means to them, even through hardships that arise from being a Military family.

Ronald "Ron" Britton (71) recounts to StoryCorps facilitator Chapin Montague [no age given] his youth as a self-proclaimed military brat, the lives of his parents, and his career in oceanography and marine biology, all while sitting on the wood-lined deck...

Amy Coulliette (51) interviews her father, Richard Allen (70), about his childhood in the Tunas, Missouri, his experience serving in the U.S. Navy, his retirement in the Ozarks region, and the characters that he has met along the way.

Gina Livingston (40) interviews her father Decio "Dez" Rubano (91) about the role playing drums in bands and orchestras has had in his life, and Dez relates many stories about the interesting experiences he has had as a result of...

David Robert Englert (53) talks to his son, Logan Englert (18), about his service in the military and his five deployments. Logan shares reflections on being raised in a military family and traveling.

Melanie Hellesen (48) shares her experiences as a military spouse and nurse with conversation partner Hazel Diaz (35).

Brittany Hancock (31) interviews her grandfather, Tad Hancock (82), about his childhood, his experience serving in the U.S. Navy, his career as an electrical foreman, their family's farm, and the advice that he'd like to pass on to future generations...

Colleen Weeks (52) interviews her father, Bill Peyton (79) about his time in the Air Force, his experiences teaching, and how his medical training helped him save her life.