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  Tom Grissom - Army +4 Total Videos

  Finance Corps

  Tom Grissom was an accidental finance officer. Assigned to that function in Australia, he returned to the States after the war and continued in that capacity, rising to the highest levels of the Finance Corps.

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  Tom Pemberton - Army +10 Total Videos

  US Army Port Inchon

  At the Army port in Inchon, it was a 24 hour workday, with loading or offloading going around the clock until completed. Tom Pemberton started out as a stevedore officer, supervising the work on board. He later switched to the on shore job, coordinating the outflow of men and materials.

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  LC Johnson - Air Force +6 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  People skills and networking allowed LC Johnson to rise in the Air Force and they also enabled him to succeed in the field of education after he retired. From guidance counselor to superintendent, it was a mirror of his military career.

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  Walt Richardson - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After successfully completing aircraft mechanic school, Walt Richardson joined the crew on a commanding general's B-17 in Okinawa. As the only black crew member, he had to earn respect and he did. He was also part of the honor guard when the first freely elected leaders in Japan were inaugurated.

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  Bill Greinke - Army +18 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Once Bill Greinke was made the intelligence officer of a battalion in Berlin, he began to have a lot of fun playing cat and mouse with the Russians and East Germans. They would pelt the cars driving around to gather intelligence with snowballs and the occasional bottle.

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  Allyn Johnson - Air Force +8 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  As an Air Force pilot, Allyn Johnson flew the big transports like C-97's and C-124's. After flying the long Pacific routes, he was transferred to the Special Air Missions unit which provided air transportation for VIP's and executives.

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  Olin Rossman - Army +7 Total Videos

  1st Battalion. 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division

  Olin Rossman was mad. Some of his platoon were pinned down at a Mogadishu intersection but his squad was being held back in reserve. He couldn't go and help. Mogadishu was a vast maze of roads and alleyways, every building a potential sniper nest, every alley an RPG threat. (Caution: strong language)

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  Max Della Pia - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Max Della Pia was at a retirement ceremony for a friend when someone asked, why does the General talk about you like a favorite son? He then heard the tale of a complicated air drop training mission which was plagued by problems but was still successful.

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  Gary Howard - Army +6 Total Videos

  287th Military Police Company

  The difference was like night and day. When MP Gary Howard would cross into East Berlin, it was very dismal. The cars were all the same and the people reticent. But the exchange rate made the shopping and restaurants a bargain. His encounters with Russians were very business like. They were both doing a job.

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  Danielle Ingram - Air Force +10 Total Videos

  Air Force Nurse Corps

  As soon as Danielle Ingram joined the Air Force Nurse Corps, Desert Shield and Desert Storm happened. She was needed elsewhere, though, as an instructor of the Air Force's unique in-flight health care procedures. Then, she had a memorable assignment to Gitmo.

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  Bob McClaren - Navy +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Ships

  Bob McClaren was getting ready to spend a couple of years at Perdue on a Navy education program but the funding was cut and he was sent to a ship under construction at New London. He served a short while on several different submarines, picking up an Associate Degree along the way.

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  Tom Pemberton - Army +10 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Tom Pemberton was serving in Korea when his tour was reduced from fourteen to twelve months. His next post was Fort Campbell, where his wife joined him for the first time. He next had a tour in Germany, but Vietnam was beginning to heat up the Cold War.

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  Bill Greinke - Army +18 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  The Berlin Wall was not the same everywhere. Bill Greinke had to keep tabs on the condition of the wall and any changes made. He describes different sections, from the fancy to the sloppy.

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  Paul Berry - Army +16 Total Videos

  514th Ambulance Company, 36th Medical Battalion

  Paul Berry was looking for the French Foreign Legion. It was pitch dark and his destination was a post on the Saudi side of the border with Iraq. He was leading a convoy of ambulances when, suddenly, they were confronted by a lot of men waving AK-47's. (Caution: strong language)

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  Max Della Pia - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  Max Della Pia held a number of positions in his Air Force career but the most surprising may have been when he lucked into a job as commander of the 109th Airlift Wing. This is the only unit that operates the heavy cargo aircraft equipped with skis.

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  Bob McClaren - Navy +9 Total Videos

  USS Bluefish (SSN-675)

  The Bluefish was Bob McClaren's favorite boat. The crew was like a brotherhood and the two skippers he had were great. The only problem was that he was always at sea, never home.

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  Angela Beltz - Army +11 Total Videos

  134th Quartermaster Detachment

  Angela Beltz is proud that all water purification and distribution during Desert Storm was handled by National Guard and Reserve units. When she got to her forward base, the first order of business was to secure the perimeter with concertina wire. She was on that detail and a chance encounter would change her life. (Interview conducted at, and with the assistance of, the National Veterans Memorial & Museum- https://nationalvmm.org/)

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  Dionne Archibald - Navy +6 Total Videos

  Multiple Ships and Units

  Being stationed in Germany was a great assignment for Dionne Archibald because she always had a love of travel and that gave her a chance to see Europe. After she returned to the States, she was promoted to master chief and returned to recruiting as an equal opportunity specialist.

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  LTG (Ret) Freddy McFarren - Army +10 Total Videos

  82nd Airborne Division

  After being an advisor in Vietnam, Freddy McFarren returned to his first love in the military, artillery. As a commander with the 82nd Airborne, he fired some of his guns in Grenada. That operation convinced him and others that the military needed to increase joint operations training.

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  Walt Richardson - Air Force +11 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  For Walt Richardson, it was all about the core values of America. As one of the first black airmen to integrate the Air Force, he calls on his unique perspective to explain why America is so much greater than other nations that are so much older.

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  Gary Howard - Army +6 Total Videos

  287th Military Police Company

  The skills he learned as an MP in the Army helped Gary Howard thrive in his new career of law enforcement. He started as an entry level officer and rose to head the department as Sheriff.

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  Bob McClaren - Navy +9 Total Videos

  USS Bluefish (SSN-675)

  He was scheduled for shore duty but Bob McClaren's skipper asked him to stay on for one more patrol. He was the senior Electrician's Mate , the Bull Nuke. Sure, Captain. What he didn't tell him was how long the trip would last.

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  CSM Michael Hall - Army +8 Total Videos

  75th Ranger Regiment

  What do the Big Four training standards enable the Ranger force to do? There are two primary missions, according to Retired Command Sergeant Major Michael Hall. The first is forced entry into a denied country to establish an airhead for follow-on forces and the second is the special operations combined forces raid.

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  Dionne Archibald - Navy +6 Total Videos

  Multiple Ships and Units

  After thirty years of service, Dionne Archibald left the Navy, but her passion to help people continued. Her non-profit organization Active Veterans With Answers acts as a bridge between veterans and the VA, to make sure they have access to all their benefits.

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  Joseph Hudson - Army +8 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  The Cuban Missile Crisis was resolved but the Cold War was heating up. The band at Fort Meade was broken up and Joseph Hudson had to return to more critical duties. He was sent to Germany for five years, where he worked in personnel, due to a surgically repaired back. He returned to Fort Benning to finish a twenty year career.

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  Ken Preston - Army +33 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  The Iron Curtain had fallen, but US units were still positioned on the German border. Tank commander Ken Preston served in the command group in a mobile Tactical Command Post, or TAC. He loved that job and made 1st Sgt while he was there. It was at this time that Saddam Hussein began to become a problem and troops began deploying from Germany.

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  George Theis - Air Force +7 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  He had been a glider pilot in the war and he was a bona fide power pilot who could fly many smaller planes. George Theis then became a flight engineer in a B-52 unit. He was in the cockpit readying for a flight when the pilot asked if he'd like to try a take-off.

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  Hank Cramer - Army +8 Total Videos

  1st Special Forces Group

  There were two parallel conflicts in Central America while Hank Cramer was serving with Special Forces in the area. The Sandanistas were fighting the Contras in Nicaragua and Manuel Noriega was running Panama like Al Capone.

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  Stanley McChrystal - Army +9 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  The Ranger Creed is more than a mindless mantra to General Stanley McChrystal. It is a solemn promise to every other Ranger.

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  Gilbert Howland - Army +16 Total Videos

  Multiple Units

  After the Japanese surrendered, Gilbert Howland was transferred to an MP unit for a while, then discharged. He reenlisted after a year and left for a tour in Italy, guarding Trieste against Yugoslav incursion. (This interview made possible with the support of DAVID W. MARQUEZ.)