Veteran Stories

In the name of holistic mental health, Christopher Brown, ’16, created Growing Veterans, an organization that reconnects veterans to each other – and to life.

The Vietnam Memorial, designed by alum Maya Lin, is many things to many people.

An Army veteran, Detrek Jones wants to use his experience to help others.

English Professor Shawn Wong leads storytelling workshops for soldiers transitioning to civilian life, through the Red Badge Project.

When he retired in 1985, the Pearl Harbor veteran found a new calling.

Iraq veteran, General, Army Vice Chief of Staff, and champion of wounded heroes.

Retired Army Col. Grethe Cammermeyer – nurse, Vietnam veteran, Bronze Star recipient, and civil rights champion

In 1946, Richard H. Layton, M.D. ’54, ’58 was a Second Class Petty Officer headed to Bikin Atoll in the Marshall Islands on a top-secret mission.

For Charles Matthaei, as for many in what Tom Brokaw termed “the greatest generation,” the bombing of Pearl Harbor was a life-changing experience.

In addition to his naval service, public service and philanthropy are at the core of Bridge’s life. He founded the Seattle Housing Resources Group that builds low-cost housing.