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Fort Bragg Stories
Playlist by From The Newsroom: The Fayetteville ObserverFort Bragg Stories is a collaboration between The Fayetteville Observer and WUNC’s American Homefront Project to commemorate a century of history at Fort Bragg through personal narratives. If you’d li…Follow the podcast:
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Fort Bragg Stories: Service dog helps vet recover
Jeremy Moore, who was injured in Afghanistan in 2012, said getting a service dog helped him with his recovery.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Couple balances military, family
Military service is the thread that weaves Bobby and Alexia Fields’ family life together. Together, they balance the demands of the Army with the responsibility of raising three young children.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Victoria Landes remembers her service with pride
Former Spc. Victoria Landes spent six years as a WAC during the 1960s, training to be a dental assistant at Fort Bragg. While at Fort Bragg, she came to realize she was gay. At that time, being gay could get soldiers discharged.
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Fort Bragg stories: Former soldier recalls anti-war efforts
As a young man in the late 1960’s, Hal Noyes faced the prospect of being drafted to fight in Vietnam. He was opposed to the war, but decided to enlist, hoping to avoid combat. By 1969, he found himself stationed at Fort Bragg.
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Fort Bragg stories: Farmer seeks to be above average in Army
Growing up on his family’s farm in southern Alabama, Pfc. Tyler Dunn thought his future lay in agriculture. But he had dreams of serving in the Army.
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Fort Bragg stories: Advocating for better care for vets in prison
The story of one troubled Fayetteville veteran helped inspire efforts that will lead to better care for all incarcerated veterans, according to Lynn and Steve Newsom.
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Fort Bragg stories: A multi-generational conflict
Sgt. 1st Class Kelly Rodriguez deployed more than five times in the course of her 21-year military career. Now, her oldest son, Antonio is an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Blinded veteran seeks challenges
Ivan Castro’s life was forever changed when a mortar landed near him in Iraq on Sept. 2, 2006. Two of the men in his unit were killed, and Castro was gravely injured. The attack left him blind, facing a long road to recovery.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Investigators look into ghost stories on Army post
Armando Nunez turned to ghost-hunting on a whim in 2008. His wife, Joanna, and a friend, Tom Kuntz, soon joined together and founded the Paranormal Research Organization of Fayetteville, or Proof
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Fort Bragg Stories: Soldier earns spot in markmanship unit
Spc. Jonathon Wannemacher is an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne. And he’s also a skilled marksman.
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