VA Presents: My Life, My Story

Kari: A big, wonderful, dysfunctional family

A smart, funny sailor talks about her journey from being a cook on a destroyer to a counselor on an aircraft carrier.

Luke: Turnip soup, black bread

This amazing story details the day-to-day existence of a prisoner of war in Germany during World War II, and also what followed his liberation.

Eugene: He helps me, and I help him

A veteran discovers at 20 years old something that upends everything he thought he knew about himself. But life goes on.

Greg: Just keep pedaling

“You never know what other people are going through." That's a cornerstone idea for the "My Life, My Story" project, and it really rings true in this story about Greg.

Kevin: Boring can be good

Where you start in life can go a long way toward determining where you end up as an adult. But it doesn’t have to.