My experience

Voices of war was a great and very interesting class. Not only did we get the opportunity to experience the importance of the military but how difficult it is. Like Professor Paulino mentioned, the class was like a group of people entering basic training and coming out victorious. That was really my experience during the entire semester. Learning not only from readings but from great videos shown in class. what a take from the class is specially learning to appreciate what these individuals do for our country as well as for us. It was an incredible ride i will definitely do it again if the chance comes up. Thank you professors, keep it up.

My Thoughts

Voices of War was a very interesting class. I got to see behind the scenes from documentaries of soldiers in war. The interviewing a veteran project was a great experience. I got to see how someone who was there, felt about the war. It was not censored up. I saw for what it really was.

My Experience

Unfortunately, My veteran(who is my father) didn't sign the form to upload pictures and his audio on the web. For some reason, he didn't want to do that, so I will just write about my experience in this course.
I feel like this course was an adventure to Iraq and to the Army. It was very impressive to know what soldiers went trough on their basic training. And it was sad to see what happened to some of them when they came back home form Iraq.
This course was well presented by professors and if not them, I would still think differently about VA(when they didn't help many soldiers) or I wouldn't know about it at all.

Marina Fomychova.

MIchael Cunningham

Sgt. John Blazer, Mike Cunningham and Walter Pokrzywa

Mike Cunningham and Johnson (June 1968)

Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham was seventeen years old when he first sought out a military recruiter. Michael served in the U.S Marines from 1967 to 1969 and was deployed to Vietnam to fight in the Vietnam war in 1968. Michael was stationed in Marble Mountain in the Da Nang area of Vietnam. He recalls many casualties in his unit, the kilo co. which has effected him greatly. The biggest reason for those casualties were boobie traps. Michaels said that his experience in Vietnam was an expecience unlike any other. Going to Vietnam and fighting has made him the man that he is today and he wouldn't take back going if he could. Michael said that the friendships that he has come out with from Vietnam are like no other, the men that he served with had became his brothers and they still stay in contact. Michael was honorably discharged in 1969, he wanted to get married and have children. He is proud to be a veteran and also has a website with some of his buddies that he served with.
http://www.three27.com/

Michael Cunnigham

MIchael Cunningham