Photo By Staff Sgt. Alejandro Canizales | Lt. Col. Adam W. Hackel, commander of the 361st Public Affairs Operations Center Ft....... read more read more
NEW YORK CITY – “And so the atomic bomb got dropped and their plane was ahead,” said Veronica Ordaz, member of StoryCorps, recounting an interview with an Army aviation veteran from World War II. “They were told not to look back.”
StoryCorps, partnered with National Public Radio, interviewed members of the 361st Public Affairs Operations Center Saturday inside the recording booth in Foley Square as part of their Military Voices Initiative.
Inside a small glass and metal booth across the street from City Hall, Lt. Col. Adam W. Hackel, commander of the 361st PAOC, and Sgt. Peter Jun, a photojournalist with the 361st, shared their story as public affairs soldiers. Hackel said it is important for public affairs soldiers to get a chance to share their own story.
“As public affairs professionals, all too often we focus on the stories of the units that we’re supporting,” said Hackel.
The StoryCorps interviewer asked questions about the military that civilians would often ask, said Jun, a native of New York City.
Pvt. 1st Class Christina Andrulat, a broadcast specialist with the 361st, interviewed Hackel in the booth.
“I thought it was cool how we got to interview each other instead of one of them interviewing us,” said Andrulat, a native of New Haven, Conn.
StoryCorps, a non-for-profit organization that began in 2003, is an oral history project that broadcasts weekly on NPR’s Morning Edition. It started the Military Voices Initiative to help service members and veterans share their story with the public.
The Library of Congress houses the StoryCorps archive at the American Folk Life Center. Every interview, with the permission of the participants, is archived there according to Ordaz, a native of New York City.
“Hearing the story of becoming one of the first female diving officers was amazing,” said Ordaz. “Every interview is a part of American history and that’s a big part of why we do this.”
| Date Taken: | 07.27.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 08.07.2013 23:37 |
| Story ID: | 111539 |
| Location: | NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US |
| Hometown: | NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, US |
| Hometown: | NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US |
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