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March 4, 2023 Veterans

Golden Grizzly Goes Camo

By: Jason Peraino Editor: Katie Williams and Oliver Hackett He is a United States Army Infantry soldier and could probably

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Family of five, with three children teen age and younger, husband wearing military marines uniform
June 2, 2021 Community stories / Immigration / Race / Veterans

Becoming an American

By Samantha Sayles Samantha shares her mother’s story immigrating as a young mom from the Philippines after marrying a U.S.

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Black-and-white photo of two men, two children, a dog, and two horses in front of a barn.
October 8, 2020 Community stories / Family / Rural / Veterans

Rural Michigan, Pearl Harbor, Scarlet Fever

By Annie Vokes To begin, I really don’t consider my story to be all that exciting or above average, but

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Black-and-white photo of family of five, two seemingly parents pose with three children, all neutral expressions. Slight tear in the photo (photo of a photo).
June 23, 2020 Community stories / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Veterans

Great-Grandparents’ Stories from Mexico

By Carmen Salt Immigration stories all tend to be unique to each person’s family and personal history, with each one

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Close-up of Jones smiling in front of the Oakland Center
May 27, 2019 Family / Healing / Identity / Veterans

From Combat Medic to OU

Katerina Mihailidis tells the incredible story* of Jesse Jones, a veteran combat medic currently attending Oakland University. KM: Jesse Jones

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May 7, 2019 Family / Veterans

Motivation to Serve

Dave Kurshat tells a story about Joe Sharpe, a veteran and single parent, for his Public Speaking class at Oakland

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April 1, 2019 Veterans

Connection after Air Force

Writing students Tyler Digiacomo, Dan Gadzinski, Elena Hensel, Nathan Oprinca, and Jenny Evan interviewed Air Force veteran Eric Wuestenberg. As

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