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Saving Stories: Kentucky Veterans share their combat to classroom experiences

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Andrew Napier was interviewed in 2010
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Andrew Napier was interviewed in 2010

In this special Veterans Day edition of WUKY’s award winning history series, Saving Stories, Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights the From Combat to Kentucky Oral History Project (C2KY). The Nunn Center interviewed veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan who at the time were pursuing postsecondary education in Kentucky.

Their stories are historically relevant but many Americans have no personal connection to service members or veterans. Some do not even realize the wars are still going on, as Andrew Napier, one of the interviewees, remarks in his interview. He speaks about returning home from the war in Iraq and meeting someone that asked, "Oh, is that still going on?" This collection of interviews not only educates fellow Kentuckians about the wars but they also personalize history, providing little known stories of active duty and the challenges associated with returning to civilian and student life.

From Combat to Kentucky Oral History Project (C2KY).