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A Crash Course in Combat
Army veteran Matt Gallagher (’05) answered his friend’s call to help Ukrainians.
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Military Suicide Prevention Month
Tim Ralston ('02) is on the front lines helping airmen cope with stress, deployments.
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Scott Weltz (JD '94) witnessed history and the end of an era.
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Hot spot of the Cold War
Vern Pike ('58) recalls life, death and freedom at Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie.
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‘Ouch, My Toes!’
Barefoot kicker Eddie Ladd (’59) caused quite a stir.
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Brand of brothers
Greg Buck (MBA '08) of JDog's Junk Removal follows his passions for business and the military by hiring, and serving, veterans.
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Medal of Honor
Once a cheerleader for the Deacs and now a champion for support of Navy families, Joette Horton Seniff ('90) receives rare civilian honor for her public service.
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Kitchin memories
Tyler Van Zandt ('08) comes back 'home' to renovate his old dorm.
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Nate Witmer (’06): from soldier in Iraq to producer on ‘The Daily Show’

From the Ground Up
From Iraq to Arlington National Cemetery, Archaeologist Sonny Trimble ('74) is known for getting things done. He has spent his career studying the science of humans, ever in search of history and what remains.
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The Thing He Carried
Fifty-year-old Memories of People and Two Places — Wake Forest and Vietnam — Come Flooding Back
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An off-the-court reunion in Vietnam
In 1966, teammates Al Koehler ('63) and Butch Hassell ('64) crossed paths in South Vietnam.
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No greater honor
Col. John C. “Jay” Waters (’87) honors the fallen every day of the year.
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Women in combat?
When Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Pat Foote (’52, LL.D ’89) heard the news, she sat back and said, “Well how about that. I’ve only been fighting for this for 52 years.”
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