Henry L. Brown – KIA, 2003
Army veteran and Gold Star spouse Jodona Brown describes meeting her husband Henry Brown, their marriage in Mississippi, and his death from wounds caused in a mortar attack in 2003.
Patricia Patten – Chats Shaping History and Fate
Pat Patten served as a data processing technician in the Navy, utilizing an early form of the internet for global naval ship communication. She was once mistaken for a London police officer because of her uniform and credits her nanny’s decision to avoid a park with potentially saving her daughter from an IRA bombing.
Jodona Brown – Driving Trucks and Driving Sand
As a motor transport operator in the Army, Jodona Brown drove in truck convoys from Kuwait to Iraq during “shock and awe.” She describes a difficult experience during a sandstorm yet still says she misses being in the Army every day.