Ft. Bragg Stories
Ft. Bragg Stories uses personal narratives to explore life on and around this country's largest military base. This series is a collaboration between the Fayetteville Observer and ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s .
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Specialist Jonathon Wannemacher is an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne. He’s also a skilled marksman. At age 26, he’s ranked as one of the top 100… -
The Base Realignment and Closure process of 2005 shut down 24 military installations across the country and consolidated many more.Fort Bragg grew as a… -
As part of Fort Bragg's 100 anniversary commemoration, ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ hosted an hour of storytelling about life on and around the nation's largest Army base.One… -
Bob Dean was a twenty-year-old rising senior at Cornell in 1950. When the Korean War started that summer, he was training with his ROTC class at Fort… -
Growing up on Fort Bragg as the son of an active duty service member, Josh Groll saw the military installation as his home, a small town insulated from… -
In the fall of 2001, Shelli Altopp-Miller was living with her husband and two small children at Pope Air Force Base. He was on active duty with the Air… -
Steve Newsom and his wife Lynn spent five years as co-directors of Quaker House, the Fayetteville nonprofit that advocates for peace and supports service… -
Mary Ellen Shugart served two tours as an Army nurse in Vietnam in the 1960s and early 70s. She treated hundreds of soldiers, but the memory of one young… -
Bill Reid is 92 now, but back in 1944 he was just 18 when he was drafted to fight in World War II. He traveled by train from New Jersey to Fort Bragg for… -
Tattoos have long been a hallmark of military service. Memorial tattoos, in particular, have a special place in the armed forces. Images inked on flesh… -
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Duskin served with the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg. During seven deployments over the course of 15 years, he… -
Joanna Nunez'sfather, Joe Garcia, served two tours in Vietnam before retiring from the Army in the early 80s. Growing up in Fayetteville, she recalls her…
