American Soldier, Iraqi Interpreter: From Strangers To 'Brothers'
StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative records stories from members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.Paul Braun is a sergeant with the 34th Military Police Company in the...
View ArticleHonor Student Turned Bank Robber Returns For Forgiveness
In 1997, Darius Clark Monroe was a high school honor student in Houston, Texas. He had never been in serious trouble with the law.But soon after he turned 16, he robbed a bank at gunpoint with two of...
View ArticleAfter Loss, Marine's Parents 'Gained 20-Something Other Sons'
StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative records stories from members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.Lance Cpl. Brian Parrello was the only member of his platoon who didn't make...
View ArticleFor Morbid Anatomy Museum Founder, Spooky Things Are Life's Work
Joanna Ebenstein is founder of the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which features a human skeleton, a pickled possum and a two-headed duckling, among other things. It's in Brooklyn's Gowanus...
View ArticleAfter A Sexual Assault And A Pregnancy, Vet Kept Her Pain Secret
StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative records stories from members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.In 1998, Trista Matascastillo was training to become an officer in the Navy,...
View ArticleBomb Techs Work Through 'Dark Spots' To Brighter Lives
In 2011, NPR aired an interview with retired Army Sgt. 1st Class Max Voelz remembering his wife, Staff Sgt. Kim Voelz. Kim was killed while disarming an IED in 2003. Here, in an update to that...
View ArticleBehind A Soldier's Suicidal Thoughts, An Unknown Brain Injury
StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative records stories from members of the U.S. military who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.When Sgt. Ryan Sharp returned from serving two tours in Iraq with the Army's...
View ArticleFor Veteran, Hospice Care Work Connects Him To Family
The imprint Ron Riveira's grandparents made on his life has been indelible. Ron, a hospice nurse in California, served as a Navy corpsman and a medic in the Marines. His grandmother and grandfather — a...
View Article'If We Left, They Wouldn't Have Nobody'
When an assisted living home in California shut down last fall, many of its residents were left behind, with nowhere to go.The staff at the Valley Springs Manor left when they stopped getting paid —...
View ArticleOnce Homeless, Family Feels 'Blessed To Wake Up Another Day'
In 2007, Franklin Gilliard and his wife, a teacher's aide named Sherry, started their own business: a driving school. Shortly after, they were hit by the recession.The couple worked hard to stay...
View ArticleA Decade After Battle, Medic And Wounded Soldier Reunite
StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative records stories from members of the U.S.
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