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Wearing Every Uniform and Healing
Charlotte Ayers wore the uniforms of three different services during her 89 years, and recalls the challenges of her U.S. Marine Corps husbands emotional healing after he returned from Vietnam. The h
“Vet pilot runs and writes his way to ‘Shmo’s Big Stupid'”
Eric Chandler is the author of Kekekabic (Finishing Line Press, 2022) and Hugging This Rock (Middle West Press, 2017). His writing has appeared in Northern Wilds, Grey Sparrow Journal, The Talking Sti
The Music We Carried
Vietnam veteran Doug Bradley is an expert on the way music affects service personnel during their active duty tours, during their transitions to civilian life, and beyond. He and UW-Madison Professor
Finding Peace and Healing at The Highground
Chris Pettis is executive director of The Highground Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville, WI. Chris discusses how veterans and their families stories of transition and healing at The Highground,
He Wanted to See What I Saw
Brian Jopek, reporter and news director at a newspaper in Minocqua, Wisconsin, is a veteran of the war in Iraq. His son, Ryan David Jopek, followed Brian into the Wisconsin National Guard and ultimate
Controlling Traffic on Land, Sea and Podcasts
Veteran Pam Graham of Osseo, Wisconsin, understands the importance of family in the world of military veterans. She also knows the importance of veterans military families, along with the need for in
“Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister”
Bonnie Pettis is the daughter of a Navy Vietnam Veteran, a Marine Veteran sister, wife (of 22 years), mother and mother-in-law. She served the family home-front with an infant and a toddler for 2 of t
Overcoming Don’t Ask Don’t Tell “Serving In Silence”
Dawn Strobel grew up in Milwaukee and Cedarburg, WI. Her parents divorced when she was young. Dawns father is a Vietnam veteran who never spoke of his military experience and who Dawn did not have muc
Indomitable Spirit; The Joy of Rebuilding a Life’s Purpose!
Former Army medic Chris Swift has shared several podcasts with us. You will find his experiences leading up to this Friday August 12 episode on the podcast episode page of our webpage. Today we contin