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We dedicate today's show to our men and women in uniform.
Don Hartman was a musician in the Band of the Pacific during the Korean War. Laddie Shaw was a Navy SEAL in Viet Nam. Ed Koontz was in the Air Force in the Korean War and Brenda Koontz was in the Coast Guard. Each with their own unique story with one thing in common. They put the good of their country first. We are grateful and thank you for your service!
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Today's show proudly honors our veterans.
Max Stripling was in WWII. Jesse Lakin in Iraq, Don Hartman and Ed Koontz were in the Korean War. And Ed Koontz his wife, Brenda, took the Honor Flight in 2018. Today, they share their stories!
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Veteran's Day Encore!
Alaska's BIG on our veterans! So big, we believe Veteran's Day deserves an encore! Veteran Jessy Lakin shares a slice of his military experience and now helps veterans through Alaska Warrior Partnership. Check out the full podcast!
Anchorage Folk Festival Sneak Peek!
Board member and sound engineer, Lucy Peckham, fills us in on the 36th Anniversary Anchorage Folk Festival, including headline acts, AJ Lee & Blue Summit and Corey Ledet Zydeco. Plus to promote an AFF fundraiser - two great flicks:
https://anchoragefolkfestival.org/2025-festival-information/2024-film-double-feature/.
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Alaska is a big military family and we are proud to recognize these selfless heroes in today's show. Meet some of them!
We also feature Ed and Brenda Koontz in the Veteran's Honor Flight.
Today's Veteran's Day Show features VIPER Transitions and veterans in the air mechanics program.
VIPER helps transition veterans to civilian life and the mission to end the suicide epidemic in our military. www.vipertransitions.org
Their training included working on old technology, the type plane my dad flew in WWII!
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The Alaska Broadcaster’s Association awarded us the “Best Radio Show 2018.” We are honored and surprised! More importantly, we are grateful to have spent these last 12 years meeting interesting people who enrich the lives of others!
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It means something extra when Kim Carlson has attendst he annual Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK, as she has done for ten years—raising tens of thousands of dollars. She has dedicated her jumps, first to her mother, who was lost to cancer, and subsequently to other victims and their families.
It was a packed house and a packed show of fun! Alaskans and Texans- in the same room! Only on the Big Alaska Show can such a combination co-exist in the same room.
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