Untold Stories

Memories shared and stories told by Minnesota Veterans from many eras of service.

Episodes

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Untold Stories:
Marieli Guzman part 3

Marieli Guzman, Minnesota Army National Guard, discusses the challenge of retaining service members in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and the COVID pandemic.

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Untold Stories:
Ludvig Aamodt part 3

Ludvig Aamodt, Army, was stationed at an armory when his supervisor told him he was being reassigned. This was 1965, and he and the men aboard his ship didn’t know where they were going, exactly, until they arrived in Saigon, Vietnam.

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Untold Stories:
Ludvig Aamodt part 1

Ludvig Aamodt’s parents had his path all chosen for him. West Point Military Academy was never part of the plan.  

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Untold Stories:
Lina Knox part 9

Lina Knox hoped she’d left gunfire and physical danger back in Iraq. But here she was, visiting her mom in North Minneapolis, and someone was shooting off a gun.

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Lina Knox part 6

Lina Knox’s deployment was coming to an end. But she decided to stay on with a field artillery unit and ending up spending nearly a year in Iraq.

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Lina Knox part 7

Lina Knox talks about encountering racism in some National Guard units, and how she has forged a military career in the Twin Cities metro.