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Hosted by SALUTE · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 29 episodes
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Veteran Story Hour is dedicated to preserving the stories and voices of the men and women who have served our nation. Recorded weekly in partnership with SALUTE of Virginia in Waynesboro, VA, this podcast is creating a living history, one veteran at a time. Through authentic, heartfelt conversations, veterans share their unique experiences, memories, lessons, and perspectives—capturing voices that future generations can cherish and learn from.Because every voice matters, every story counts, and history is best told by those who lived it.
SALUTE hosts Veteran Story Hour: Voices of Valor, Presented by SALUTE of Virginia, a history show with 29 episodes published.
Ten years ago, a group of veterans who didn’t ride bicycles decided that a bicycle ride might be exactly what could bring VFW posts from across the central Shenandoah Valley together. What began with approximately 45 rid
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This week on Veteran Story Hour, Jason Parker joins us from inside the Game Corps Bunker at Tech for Troops in Richmond, Virginia. And yes, there is a dog snoring nearby, because even mental health missions need a mascot
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A Waynesboro police officer. A late start in the Army National Guard. A deployment to Syria. And a life completely transformed by faith. On this episode of Voices of Valor, Zach Hale sits down with Doug Williams to talk
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Christopher Martin was 17 when college became impossible. At 18, post-9/11, he chose submarines. Five years as a Sonar Technician on the USS Nebraska—seven patrols, listening to the ocean at 500 feet below the surface. T
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Melissa Patrick spent 28 years in Army Intelligence — from being the first woman in an ROTC classroom at VMI in 1975, to earning master parachutist wings while afraid of heights, to leading NATO intelligence in Afghanist
Most veterans face a digital and emotional divide that can feel impossible to bridge — but Tech for Troops is rewriting that story. Join John and Zach as they introduce Tech for Troops in this episode and discover how a
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In this episode of Veteran Story Hour, we talk with Banita Teixeira, a United States Navy veteran who served from 1998–2007 during one of the most transformative periods in modern military history. Banita shares stories
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Wanda Vest Hulse: "Just Because I Did a Drafting Class" | Army Veteran She joined the Army because she scored high in mechanical and hated school. A recruiter pointed her toward Illustrator — MOS 81 Echo — and what follo
What if supporting veterans was less about words and more about meaningful action? At a time when many organizations spend heavily on marketing and salaries, one grassroots effort proves every dollar goes directly to tho
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This Drill Sergeant Quit Drinking, Smoked since he was 10, and Once Led 60 Soldiers to a Football Game… Alone.” Meet Ricky Fiscus: former Cold War soldier, reluctant drill sergeant, Girl Scout leader (yep, really), and c
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Alec Gunn thought he was joining the Army to be GI Joe. God had other plans. From combat medic to counselor, from military school to ministry, Alec’s path has been anything but straight. But every detour came with a purp
In this episode, we sit down with Army veteran and former wildland firefighter Jordan, whose story bridges combat, trauma, soil science, and community. After serving with the 173rd Airborne and deploying to Afghanistan,
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Emerson Pell: 100 Years of Service, Sacrifice, and Faith In this profoundly moving episode of Veteran Story Hour: Voices of Valor, we sit down in the home of Emerson Pell, a Navy veteran of World War II who is just month
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Steven Wheelbarger grew up in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Marines called his family landline in 1990 — and by the following week, he was swearing in at MEPs. What followed was a 20-plus year career that stretched across
In a world that often forgets the labor it took to build it, this is the story of a man who never did. At 18, Rob Beaton stared at a Navy recruiting sign from a traffic light in the searing Texas heat. Thirty-five years
Deborah Grassman spent 30 years as a VA hospice nurse practitioner, sitting at the bedside of over 10,000 dying veterans. And what she witnessed changed everything we think we know about trauma, healing, and what veteran
It is time for co-host, Zach Hale, to tell his story. In this episode of Veteran Story Hour, Zach shares his journey from rural Virginia to EOD training, through the long nights of medical work, and into the heart of a m
On this special spotlight episode of Veteran Story Hour, we sit down with Kara from Dynamic Aviation — a Shenandoah Valley company doing extraordinary work behind the scenes of national and global crises. From spraying v
On September 11, 2001, America changed. For Chris Spence, it wasn't a distant tragedy—it was a call to action. MSG Spence recounts the earliest days of the U.S. response in Afghanistan, where he carried a piece of the to
Jim Belcher Jr. joins us to unravel the quiet heroism and generational trauma of a family shaped by both sides of World War II. His father survived the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, the greatest naval disaster in U.S.
Doug Williams
Former Saab Parts Director · The Rock Church San Diego
1 appearance on this show
Christopher Martin
author of No Longer Newsworthy · Northrop Grumman
1 appearance on this show
Melissa Patrick
Army
1 appearance on this show
Banita Teixeira
United States Navy
1 appearance on this show
Wanda Vest Hulse
Army
1 appearance on this show
Ricky Fiscus
Army
1 appearance on this show
Alec Gunn
Army
1 appearance on this show
Emerson Pell
Navy
1 appearance on this show
Kara
Dynamic Aviation
1 appearance on this show
Saul Herrera
Exodus Road
1 appearance on this show
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