Voices from the Natick Veterans Oral History Project
"The men I served with, guys who didn’t survive, I wanted to keep their memory alive." - Jim Hastings, Marine Corps, during Vietnam War
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"Every veteran has a different story to tell, and you can learn amazing things from them." - Viviana Cordoba, Army Reserve, during Iraq War
ROSE LINCOLN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
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"We thought [the French] hated us. They love us." - Frank Rines Jr., Merchant Marine, during World War II
The Boston Globe
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"Fifty years from now somebody could say “I remember Harry from way back” and they could check out what I did." - Harry Seaholm, Navy, during World War II and Korean War
JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF
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"The most important thing . . . was it began a formal closure to what really was still pretty raw." - Connie Nippert Walsh, Navy Nurse Corps, during Vietnam War, with clown Emmett Kelly
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