Unsung Heroes

Listen to one female vet share her experience with homelessness:

On Memorial Day, AJAMStream recognizes the triumphs of our “unsung” minority veterans, such as the Native American Choctaw Code Talkers of WW1, the first African American army regiment (“The Harlem Hellfighters,”) the CIA-trained Hmong soldiers who died in Vietnam and female veterans, who are now the fastest-growing segment of the US homeless population. On Saturday at 5:30pmEST, we celebrate these soldiers’ sacrifices and ongoing struggle for inclusion.

Guests:

Philip Smith, Lao Veterans of America

Nuchi Nashoba, President of our Choctaw Code Talker Association (granddaughter of Choctaw code talker)

Dr. Herman Viola, Curator Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian

Dr. Francoise Bonnell, Director of the U.S. Army Women's Museum at Fort Lee, Virginia.

Jennifer Lopez, formerly homeless female veteran

Deborah Snyder, US Army (Ret) Operation Renewed Hope Foundation (foundation that works with homeless veterans)

Jeffrey Sammons, Author of Harlem’s Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality.