Oral History Collection
Dublin Core
Title
Oral History Collection
Description
The APUS History Department in conjunction with the Trefry Archives are proud to present a series of oral histories conducted by APUS students with members of the APUS community who have served in the Armed Forces. Chronicling and preserving their stories for research into military history.
Creator
APUS History Department
Collection Items
Staff Sergeant Adewale Ajayi, Afghanistan & Iraq War Veteran
Adewale Ajayi, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, enlisted in the Marine Corps and served in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom with Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.
First Sergeant Marc Christ, Afghanistan & Iraq War Veteran
Marc Christ was born and raised in Towson, Maryland. As a teenager, he enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and joined Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in the mid-1990s. During his twenty-year career, Christ would witness the…
Staff Sergeant Ahmed Dorghoud, Afghanistan & Iraq War Veteran
Ahmed Dorghoud was born in Cairo, Egypt, and emigrated to the United States when he was a young teenager. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school, and served with Bravo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion in Operation Iraqi…
Melinda Kane, Gold Star Mother
Jeremy Kane was the first son of Bruce and Melinda Kane. When he joined the Marine Corps in 2006, his family was supportive but apprehensive; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were entering their most kinetic years, and as a Marine rifleman, it was…
Hospital Corpsman First Class (FMF) Chris Schumacher, Afghanistan & Iraq War Veteran
Chris Schumacher joined the Navy out of high school unsure of where exactly his service would take him. He would eventually become a “green side” Hospital Corpsman, a combat medic serving with the Marine Corps. He deployed to Iraq with 4th Light…
Kristen Smith, Gold Star Sister
Kristen Smith was born in Washington, D.C., exactly two years apart from her brother, David Smith. The two enjoyed a close relationship through their childhood, teenage years, and after David joined the Marine Corps in 2004. David served in Operation…
Dr. Leonard Smith, Gold Star Father
Doctor Leonard Smith is the father of David Smith, a Sergeant in the Marine Corps and veteran of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. On January 23rd, 2010, the Smith family was shaken to their core when they received news that David had…
Corporal Henry Vasquez, Afghanistan & Iraq War Veteran
Henry Vasquez was born in Bolivia and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was a child. Grateful to his adoptive country for the opportunities it gave to him and his family, he enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school, and…