Interview with Michelle Holmquist, 1st Sergeant, retired [October 12, 2012]
Holmquist, Michelle
Veterans
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Personal narratives, American
Interviews
United States
Michelle Holmquist, inspired by her brother, enlisted in the Marine Corps in the 1990s. She said basic training was a jolt because of the huge difference from civilian life, but she loved the experience. She served in the Persian Gulf War and was stationed in Kuwait and Southeast Asia as a gunnery sergeant.
Thurman, Brittany
Holmquist, Michelle
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Interview with Doug Patton [October 15, 2012
Patton, Doug
Veterans
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Personal narratives, American
United States
Interviews
Doug Patton joined the military after September 11th and entered basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After basic, he went to Advanced Individual Training (AIT) and shortly after was deployed to Kuwait. He says there wasn't much fighting there, only "random firefights."
Getzelman, Austin
Patton, Doug
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