VA Presents: My Life, My Story

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If someone asked you to tell your life story, what would you say? Since 2013, writers from the “My Life, My Story” project have asked more than 5,000 Veterans at VA hospitals around the United States to tell their life stories. With the Veteran’s permission, those stories go into the Veteran’s medical record so that VA health care providers can read them and get to know their patients better. On this podcast, we’ll share some of our favorite stories from over the years.

  1. 08/02/2023

    Kari: A big, wonderful, dysfunctional family

    A smart, funny sailor talks about her journey from being a cook on a destroyer to a counselor on an aircraft carrier.

    10 min

  2. 06/09/2023

    Luke: Turnip soup, black bread

    This amazing story details the day-to-day existence of a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II, and also what followed his liberation.

    10 min

  3. 06/02/2023

    Eugene: He helps me, and I help him

    A veteran discovers at 20 years old something that upends everything he thought he knew about himself. But life goes on.

    9 min

  4. 05/26/2023

    Greg: Just keep pedaling

    “You never know what other people are going through." That's a cornerstone idea for the "My Life, My Story" project, and it really rings true in this story about Greg.

    9 min

  5. 05/19/2023

    Kevin: Boring can be good

    Where you start in life can go a long way toward determining where you end up as an adult. But it doesn’t have to.

    9 min

  6. 08/26/2021

    Florian: the story everyone wants to hear

    The story that Florian tells in this episode is literally the stuff movies are (and have been) made of. Whether or not you know the history of the USS Indianapolis, this is a story worth hearing.

    11 min

  7. 08/19/2021

    Jimmy: Leaving a mark

    A taxidermist who trekked alone through China and made it into a book called "Weird Wisconsin" -- those are some of the highlights of this wonderful veteran's story.

    10 min

  8. 08/12/2021

    Jeb: The Guy Who Got Out

    A lot of people have screwed up, royally, at least once in their lives. They've crashed cars, yelled at the wrong guy in a bar, fallen asleep on guard duty, cheated on their spouse . . . or worse. Sometimes, people dwell a lot on the screw-ups. But in Jeb's case, we hear more about what it means to deal with regret while moving on.

    9 min
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    If someone asked you to tell your life story, what would you say? Since 2013, writers from the “My Life, My Story” project have asked more than 5,000 Veterans at VA hospitals around the United States to tell their life stories. With the Veteran’s permission, those stories go into the Veteran’s medical record so that VA health care providers can read them and get to know their patients better. On this podcast, we’ll share some of our favorite stories from over the years.

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    • Creator
      Veterans Health Administration
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2023
    • Episodes
      31
    • Rating
      Clean
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      © Copyright Veterans Health Administration
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