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By Liv Stecker Marianna “Jean” Mix didn’t much care for school. It wasn’t that she didn’t have the smarts for it – she just felt like she had better things to do. The daughter of a horseback minister, Jean had two brothers and a sister growing up in the depression era northeastern United States. After …
“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” – Douglas MacArthur To my friend: I am not your wife. Or your girlfriend. Or your sister. I am not your daughter or your mother. I am only me. I …
“On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.” -Dan Lipinski The wind whistled around her blonde hair as she sighted in on her target. Tuning out the laughing chatter from the next stage, her …
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When the Big Voice launched in 2016, our goal was to reach out to veterans in the local community and connect them to a larger network of other veterans and the resources that were available to them. In just a little more than two years, the support of our community has made that vision a …
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