Veteran Presentation
Transcript: He was enlisted. He was living in his hometown Deer Creek, Minnesota. He joined because he didn't have nothing to do and he need money for college. He chose the Army because it was the oldest and he thought it was the best. He will always remember the first few days. He was really scared because he was only 18 and he didn't know what was gonna happen .He learned how to do everything. He said he will always remember one day were there were shooting live bullets over there heads and how everyone was terrified. He remembers Drill Sargent Gay and Billsong. said that they all helped each other through it. My dad's last day of service was October 18, 2015. He was in Des Moines, Iowa. My dad works and spends time with my family. My dad did not go back to school after he retired. My dad's education was not supported by G.I. Bill because my dad didn't go to school but my big brother and mine is. He made lots of friends while in the Army. He has had his friendships ever since. My dad is a GIF W at American Legion. Life After Service For the Record Date and place: 11/5/2015 and at my house Curt Hanson/Dad Army MSG HANSON Was in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Served in: South Korea, Fort Louis, Washington, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Germany,Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Dodge City, Kansas,Iraq, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iraq, Des Moines, Egypt, Israel, France, Holland, Ireland, Fort Macoy. Wisconsin Jogging Memory My dad would Skype us and would write letters and call us . He said that they would have to eat MRE's and that they weren't that good. He said that they had plenty supplies . He had lots of stress on him. The first time he went of he had stress because you didn't know what was gonna happen. The second time he had stress because he had to be in charge of a lot of people .My dad didn't really have anything for good luck but before he left they gave the families these coins where you would rub it if you missed you family or the soldier that was gone and he used to rub that everyday. They usually played cards, watched movies, read books, played pool, went swimming, went to the recreation center. They had Trace Adkins come over on my dad's birthday and they had the Vikings cheerleaders and had actor and actress come. When he was on leave he came home and bought his dodge truck. Life My dad works at Exide in town. My dad would go back and do it all over again if he could. He does honor guard at the American Legion. He would attend any reunions if they have on. He will never forget being the military. He did the honor guard at the Assembly on Wednesday. He served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and then he went again and did Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. The First Time he went to Tikrit, Iraq and second time he went to Ballad, Iraq. He remembers landing and he said it was really hot and he was scared because he didn't know what it was gonna be like. The first time he was a truck driver and the second time he was a transportation supervisor. Both times he saw combat. The first time there was no casualties and the second time there was one and the guy died of a heart attack while doing his pt test and got the Bronze star award. The first time he went over he was in the biggest ambush that year and his truck got hit by a rpg. He was never a POW. He did do battle planning. He had to plan one of the missions. He traveled to South Korea, Germany, Washington, Tennessee, Kentucky, Egypt, Iraq, Wisconsin, Israel, France, Holland, and Ireland. He recalls a lot of the humorous events. There were lots of pranks they did and he remembers one were they took his shampoo and put glue in it instead. My family has a lot of pictures. We have a whole tube filled with them. The people in the pictures are friends, family, and the soldiers. They all liked each other and helped each other out. Yes my dad had a diary where he would writes notes so if he didn't make it back home we would get to see them. Later Years and Closing Veteran Presentation Experiences