Untold Stories
Memories shared and stories told by Minnesota Veterans from many eras of service.
Episodes
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Lina Knox part 1
At Bilad airfield in Iraq, Lina Knox never expected to fall in love. She didn’t—not yet anyway—but she couldn’t help noticing that sergeant with the sassy attitude.
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Cindy Strange part 2
Cindy Strange’s first deployment was in a still war-torn Bosnia.
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Richard Ekholm part 1
Richard Ekholm had a dad in World War II. He also had friends in the military. So he volunteered for the Navy in 1974.
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Stephen Rocheford part 8
Stephen Rocheford tells the story behind the first military recruitment ads in a mainstream LGBTQ publication in history.
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Marieli Guzman part 2
Marieli Guzman talks about the importance of having female mentors of color in the enlisted (not just officer) ranks in the Minnesota National Guard.
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Shirley Schleret part 5
Shirley Schleret had some wonderful experiences in the Army. She was sent to Hawaii for training and lived in a barracks next to a pineapple plantation. The pineapples were the best she ever had.