Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities

18 Unique Stations from Border to Border

Veterans' Voices | Minnesota in the Vietnam War

Untold Stories | Memories and Stories of Minnesota Veterans from many era’s of service

Veterans' Voices: Leech Lake | Memories and stories of military veterans from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

The Secret War | Featuring the some of the stories of Minnesota Hmong Veterans in the Secret War of Laos

Minnesota in the Vietnam War | Stories of Minnesotans in the Vietnam War

Minnesota in World War I | Stories of Minnesotans in World War I

Minnesota in World War II | Stories of Minnesotans in World War II

Veterans' Voices: Rochester | Veterans’ Voices is a radio series exploring the knowledge, experience and leadership of Rochester service members. Veterans’ Voices is a radio series exploring the knowledge, experience and leadership of Rochester service members. Hosted by Britt Aamodt Veteran’ Voices is produced by KRPR and Ampers.

Korea | Memories and stories from Minnesota’s Korean War Veterans

Veterans' Voices Korea Podcast | Extended podcast versions of interviews with some of the Minnesota Veterans of the Korean War featured in our radio series Veteran’s Voices Korea. Made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.

World War II | first-hand accounts of what it was like to serve in WWII

Native Warriors | Native American veterans explain why protecting our land and resources is an important part of Native culture and traditions

Vietnam | Stories and memories of Minnesota’s Vietnam veterans

Veterans' Voices Vietnam Podcast | Extended podcast versions of Kevyn Burger’s interviews with some of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans featured in our radio series

Roger Sayles

The Battle of Dai Do

May 2, 1968: Dean Vasquez and his unit, the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines, aka, the Magnificent Bastards, were in their third day of battle. The odds didn’t look good. It was their 1,000 men against the North Vietnamese Army Division’s 8,000 or more men. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

Huey Pilot

April 19, 1968: Vietnam wasn’t Herb Hayashida’s first war. That had been World War II, when his Japanese-American family was incarcerated in an internment camp. Now he was a pilot of one of the machines that would become synonymous with Vietnam: the helicopter. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

The Tet Offensive

January 1968: Richard “Dickie” Sharp didn’t pick the start date to his tour in Vietnam. The Army did. But it couldn’t have been worse because it came as the North launched its brutal Tet Offensive. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

The Battle of Ong Thanh

October 17, 1967: Stanley Donald Gilbert and his unit were on a search and destroy mission, heading into the jungle to take out a Viet Cong bunker they’d discovered yesterday. What they didn’t know was that they were about to encounter an entire VC regiment. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

The Battle of Dragon Crater

November 19, 1966: Thomas Serrano was racing through the jungle into the heat of battle. But that was his job as a medic. He set to work on his wounded captain even as the trees around him began to move. They weren’t trees but camouflaged North Vietnamese snipers. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

Seven Years in the Hanoi Hilton

November 6, 1965: Richard Bolstad flew a Sandy as part of a search and rescue team. Yesterday, a pilot had gone down over North Vietnam. But instead of rescuing the pilot, Bolstad and nearly everyone in his team were shot down, taken captive and sent to the Hanoi Hilton. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

Draft Protest

September 1965: Barry Bondhus got something in the mail. He was turning twenty in a few days. But it wasn’t a gift. And it wasn’t wanted. It was his draft notice. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

Grandma’s Maple Sugar Cake

1965: Jim Northrup had been a Marine four years before he shipped to Vietnam. Now, for the first time in his life, he was trying to kill men. And they were trying to kill him. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

Operation Ranch Hand

February 2, 1962: Air Force pilot Robert D. Larson brought his C-123 low, just over the treetops, as he triggered the sprayers. He was part of Operation Ranch Hand, an effort to defoliate the trees and expose the infiltrating North Vietnamese. Here’s Britt Aamodt.

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McKnight FoundationPohlad family foundationThe Minneapolis FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation