PRX - Pieces for Tagging: veterans

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

11 results


Caption: Steven Price served in the Army in the Panama Canal Zone. He says he was exposed to Agent Orange, DDT, and other toxins. He later developed chronic B-cell leukemia., Credit: Courtesy Steven Price
People who served in the Canal Zone were left out of a law that made it easier to get care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Bought by WRFA-LP, KTEP, and WHRV


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Eric Terashima (right) stands with an interpreter, an Afghan Army Colonel, and some Afghan children in a 2010 photograph., Credit: Courtesy Eric Terashima
Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, many American veterans have tried to help Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though s...

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, KPBS, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Brian Alvarado, 2018 Navy Spouse of the Year shares his journey being a LGBTQ military spouse.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:03
Caption: Maximo Purisima Young, 97, displays photographs from his military service. He helped transport supplies and troops in World War II, then fought as a guerilla alongside American soldiers., Credit: Dorian Merina/American Homefront
During World War II, more than a quarter million Filipinos fought alongside American soldiers. Many are still awaiting the recognition promised to ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, and KPCC


  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
The Egoscue Method is a Postural & Lifestyle Pain Relief Therapy Re-Shaping the way we move, sit, play and work. Its a series of movement and postu...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 25:52
Piece image
Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 23:59
Piece image
We look back at the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 10 years later. For Iraqis, for the US military, and for the anti-war movement: how have things changed,...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
This month on War News Radio, “Moving Up, Moving Out”, we discuss what stories in the news this week angered us the most. Then, we learn about Fran...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
Piece image
With Veteran's Day coming up, we take a moment to remember the veterans from the Second World War, when a general takes his students to France to h...

Bought by KCNP and 'The Sea'


  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jul 17, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
From "The Struggle at Home" July 10, 2009: War News Radio reports on the US military's use of burn pits to dispose of trash at military bases in Ir...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:28