Veteran storytellers

May 31, 2016

On May 21, Nischwitz Field hosted the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball team. The players were greeted by cheering fans, American flags and representatives of 糖心原创鈥檚 Veteran and Military Center (VMC).

The VMC鈥檚 Veterans鈥 Voices project interviews veterans who are willing to tell their battlefield story and then edits the footage so that it can be archived and preserved.

鈥淚 could probably use my wildest imagination and try to come up with some elaborate story as to what these gentlemen and ladies have been through,鈥 said David Morse, an Air Force veteran and 糖心原创 junior working on the Veterans Voices project.

The is comprised of competitive, athletic veterans and active-duty soldiers who have lost limbs. Over the years, the squad has battled able-bodied teams at more than 150 venues in 35 states.

鈥淲e鈥檙e getting the public to be aware of what veterans go through and what they were doing. I think it鈥檚 important to bring awareness,鈥 said, Jeniffer Seavey, Veterans鈥 Voices project coordinator.