Interviews

    • Michael Barretti Jr.
      In American, Haiti, Iraq, Kuwait, Marines, Medical Corps, Navy, Post-Vietnam
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS_z4-odxvQ Michael Barretti Jr. joined the Navy in 1999 as a way to help pay for medical school. He received the Navy’s Health Professions Scholarship, and was soon an ensign attending medical school in California. ...
    • Robert J. Harrold
      In American, Army, Korea, Massachusetts, USA
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THdlo6d3P3Q Robert Harrold joined the Army in 1955. After basic, he was sent to the Morse Code radio school at Fort Dix, N.J.; upon completion of the course, he was sent to Uijeonbu, South Korea, as part of the 51st ...
    • Arthur Parker
      In American, Massachusetts, Naval Res., Navy, Post-Vietnam, Vietnam
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a58Ot5o9qeY Art Parker was born and raised in Natick. His family moved often, and he didn’t have many friends, which is why he decided to enlist in the Navy in 1971. His 25 years of service, both active and in the ...
    • Samuel P. Calomo Sr.
      In American, Army, Massachusetts, Vietnam
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fM-YtkBKTU Sam Calomo Sr. was drafted into the Army in 1967. He trained as a combat medic, and was sent to Vietnam in 1968. He was part of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, known as the “Red Catchers.” Calomo would ...
    • Peter Janse
      In Afghanistan, American, Cold War, Marines, Massachusetts, Natick, Navy, Post-Vietnam
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmlylofIlrA Peter Janse joined the Navy when he was 23. For the next three decades, he worked as a hospital corpsman, an aerospace med tech, an independent duty corpsman, and faculty adviser and instructor in various ...
    • Michael Barretti Sr.
      In Marines, Massachusetts, Vietnam
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnF36sieemc Michael Barretti Sr. joined the Marine Corps’ Platoon Leaders Corps during his sophomore year at St. John’s University. After graduation, he was sent to Officer Candidates School, where he completed basic ...
    • Wendy Schoenbach Reasenberg
      In American, Army, Homefront, Medical Corps, WWII
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2gKn-YLBMw Wendy Schoenbach Reasenberg speaks about her father, Dr. Emanuel B. Schoenbach. He served with the Army’s Epidemiological Board, first as a civilian, then as an officer with the Army Medical Corps, during ...
    • Roger C. Wonson
      In American, Army, Army Air Force, Stateside, WWII
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOce7s9Q3Lc Roger Wonson was a student at Northeastern University when he decided to enlist in 1944. He joined the Army Air Force, and was trained in communications. He learned how to maintain all the components with ...
    • Joseph A. Polcari Jr.
      In Massachusetts, Navy, Peacetime, Post-Vietnam
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIyPNR8wbmQ Joe Polcari enlisted in the Navy in 1977, just after his 18th birthday. Several of his relatives served during World War II, including an uncle who was killed in action while serving on board a destroyer ...
    • Francis “Frank” Donnelly Jr.
      In Massachusetts, Navy, Vietnam
      Frank Donnelly joined the Navy in the fall of 1967. He was trained as a Radioman. While stationed in Georgia, Donnelly would assist pilots unable to land on aircraft carriers to land at the field. He volunteered to go to Vietnam as part of the Naval ...