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Veteran’s Day

Posted by East MobileBooth on November 12, 2005, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Today, veterans of multiple generations came to the booth to talk about their experiences serving.

Alabama Public Radio’s Kathy Henslee, who arranged today’s interviews, talks with WWII vet John Henderson. John told the story of having his plane shot down and spending time in a POW camp.

Iraq War veteran Margaret Christie came in with her brother Les Minges, seen here holding her daughter, who was just three months old when she was deployed. Les has just finished officer training and will be soon head to the Middle East to join his sister’s former unit. In the booth, she gave him some advice about serving in Iraq and they reminisced about growing up in Alabama and Sierra Leon.

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