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Air Force veteran Jeri Dilno realized she was a lesbian at a young age. For StoryCorps, she discussed the risk she took joining the military in the late 1950s.
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After his bout with postpartum depression, a Texas father created the "Daddy Stroller Social Club." Now, with chapters in multiple cities, the club has become a way for dads to support each other.
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As a teenager, Joseph Bond fought in Vietnam. Later he started a family and worked for the city of Philadelphia for 35 years. After retiring, there was something he needed — to finish high school.
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Growing up, Amy Marshall loved her adoptive parents, but always wondered where she came from. Finally, when she was in her late forties with a family of her own, she decided to find out.
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In this StoryCorps, two former Kent State University students remember when National Guardsmen opened fire on Vietnam War protesters 55 years ago this weekend.
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Dan Bigley was on a fishing trip in Alaska when he accidentally came between a bear and her cubs. In this StoryCorps, he talks about the attack that left him blind and about adjusting afterward.
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In this edition of StoryCorps, a father remembers his daughter who was among 186 people killed when a federal office building in Oklahoma City was bombed 30 years ago.
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For 25 years, Francois Clemmons played the role of Officer Clemmons on the beloved children's program "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Clemmons joined the cast of the show in 1968, becoming the first Black actor to have a recurring role on a kids TV series.
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In this StoryCorps conversation, a woman in her early 70s looking for a new purpose talks about how her life changed when she joined a group called "Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage."
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As a kid, Robert Logan lived right down the street from a fire station. He would watch the fire engine pass by his house, and dream of riding that truck one day. Now, he is a decorated firefighter and he talks with a friend and colleague about what it took to make his childhood dream come true, as a Black firefighter.
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Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business for so long.
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Joe Maslanka moved to Collegeville, Penn., in 1971, bought a local bar, kicked out the biker gang that hung out there and moved in upstairs. His family visited StoryCorps for a remembrance.