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Fort Bragg Stories
by Gannett
Fort 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 like to share your Fort Bragg story, you can email [email protected].
Episodes
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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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Fort Bragg Stories: A sense of community among the 'Stroller Brigade'
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Shelli Altopp-Miller was at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Bragg for an event hosted by the Protestant Women of the Chapel when dozens of cellphones started ringing.
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Fort Bragg stories: Steve Newsom advocates for peace
Steve Newsom and his wife, Lynn, spent five years as co-directors of Quaker House. As a young man growing up in New Jersey, Steve thought he might spend his entire adult career in the military, joining the Navy in 1972.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Former Army nurse remembers hospital visitor
Mary Ellen Shugart served two tours as an Army nurse in Vietnam during the 1960s and early ‘70s. She treated hundreds of soldiers, but the memory of one young man at Fort Bragg stayed with her through the years.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Singer announced end of WWII to gathered troops
On Aug. 15, 1945, Bill Reid and 5,000 other GIs packed into a hangar near Naples to see a show starring the iconic singing trio the Andrews Sisters. The show was interrupted by someone carrying a note.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Memorials made from ink and skin
Laura Monk decided a memorial tattoo would be the best way to honor the memory of her husband, Austin. For veteran Lewis Hunt, one of his tattoos honors the dead, but also celebrates those still living.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Duskin
Maggie Duskin wants to memorialize her husband's life, not his death. The Duskin & Stephens Foundation has raised money to help the families of Special Forces soldiers.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Joe Garcia
Joanna Nunez sees her father making strides with PTSD
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Fort Bragg Stories: James Quigg
James Quigg used military training to launch career as "Gentleman Brawler"
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Fort Bragg Stories: Danny Sheckles
For pyrotechnician Danny Sheckles, Fort Bragg's 4th of July fireworks display is 'a mad rush'
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Fort Bragg Stories: Frank Miller
Lt. Col. Frank Miller served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam before retiring to Fayetteville to run a grocery store in the late '60s and early '70s.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Jay Huwieler
Veteran looks back on 'the times when we were all bored together'
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Fort Bragg Stories: Steven Moore
Steven Moore's challenge coins are more than tokens
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Fort Bragg Stories: 'Rock' Merritt
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth 'Rock' Merritt is a living legend
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Fort Bragg Stories: David Goforth
Training death weighs on David Goforth
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Debbie Crain and Laura Lauffer
Debbie Crain and Laura Lauffer found themselves looking for answers about their fathers' military service.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Healing through tattoos
Daniel Wright says learning the art of tattooing helped him cope with his own Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Josh Groll
The start of the Iraq War in 2003 divided the country and mobilized a new anti-war movement. Josh Groll was in Middle School at the time.His parents were firmly opposed to the war, but unlike many other anti-war protestors, Josh's dad was on active duty, and his family was stationed at Fort…
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Fort Bragg Stories: Bill Wadford
Rapid deployments are a fact of life for soldiers at Fort Bragg. Once notice is given, paratroopers have just 18 hours to prepare to go anywhere in the world. Bill Wadford was working as an operating room nurse with the 5th MASH unit on the evening December 17th, 1989, when he got the call to...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Joseph Henderson
Joseph Henderson was inspired to use his training as an actor and children's educator to help military children and their families. He and a team of instructors launched Shakespeare on Base, a free, two-week summer program teaching dancing, art, singing, and, of course, Shakespeare. In 2011, the...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Richard Clapp
"I was only in the military six months when the disaster happened," recalled Richard Clapp. He was 19 years old on March 23, 1994, fresh out of basic training and jump school. He'd been at Fort Bragg just three weeks. That afternoon he stood on Green Ramp waiting to make his first official jump...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Lenore Yarger and Steve Woolford
For 16 years, Lenore Yarger and Steve Woolford have answered the phone at the G.I. Rights hotline, a number military service members can call for free and confidential counseling on benefits, regulations, discharges, grievances, and what it means to be a conscientious objector. The hotline is...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Tom McCollum
When Tom McCollum transitioned from the 82nd Airborne to Special Forces, he knew the training would be tough. The Special Forces Qualification Course, or Q Course, can take up to two years to complete, depending on a soldier's area of expertise. As a former company commander with ample leadership...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Judy Betancourt
Master Sgt. Judy Betancourt found her calling in the military. A self-described female warrior, she’s served 24 years in the Army and has deployed overseas six times. But the job she loves has come at a personal cost. Her decision to remain on active duty after the birth of her son has meant…
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Fort Bragg Stories: Phil Sussman
Before coming to Fort Bragg in 2016, Phil Sussman fractured his spine in a training accident. It was an injury he feared would end his military career. “The pain was hands down the worst thing I’ve ever felt in my life, I can’t even describe it,” Sussman said. “I couldn’t move, couldn’t roll…
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Fort Bragg Stories: Christina Railey
Patrick Railey was 9 years old in 1970 when his father died in Vietnam. Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Railey died two days after the Railey family arrived in Fayetteville. Patrick, his sister and his mother had moved from Orlando to their new house near Fort Bragg. “I remember the scene of a...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Kenisha Wilkerson
Kenisha Wilkerson was drawn to military service, despite some initial uncertainty. “I was a little confused at first,” said Wilkerson. “I was going back and forth, like, ‘Uh, I might not be built for the Army.’ But I knew I wanted to serve.” Growing up as the daughter of a veteran, Wilkerson saw...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Libby Brice
Libby Brice was 20 years old in 1961 when she got a job on post as a secretary for the Criminal Investigation Division, one of only three women in the unit.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Billy Herring
Billy Herring was 7 years old when his family moved on to Fort Bragg in 1939, one of three civilian families on post at the time.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Michael Southerland
Lorie Southerland didn’t know the Fort Bragg Fisher House existed until she needed it. Her son, Michael, had just been killed in Iraq, and her out-of-town family needed somewhere to stay for his memorial service. Fisher House opened its doors, as it has for hundreds of other military families,...
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Fort Bragg Stories: Fred Black
As a young lieutenant in 1969, Fred Black was one of several African-American officers at Fort Bragg. He said racial tensions rarely came to a head on post, but black soldiers faced discrimination in the wider community.
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Fort Bragg Stories: Captain Thomas
Mike Thomas was a young captain in the summer of 1990 when he got orders to deploy to Saudi Arabia as part of Operation Desert Shield. After spending nine months in the Gulf, he recalled an emotional journey flying back to Fort Bragg.
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Fort 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 like to share your Fort Bragg story, you can email [email protected].
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