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Interview with James Garcia duration 41 minutes 38 seconds Interview with James Garcia Interview with James Garcia	Interview with James Garcia James Garcia (32) speaks with Carolina Camps (68) about his childhood in Queens, NY, his decision to enlist as a Marine, his deployments, and what it is like reintegrating back in to civilian life. brothers childhood memories city blocks college university daughters death fatherhood fear grief housing projects public housing iraq war marine corps marines neighborhood life operation enduring freedom operation iraqi freedom post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) racial identity sadness urban life war in afghanistan afghan war war stories murder reintegration in to civilian life afghanistan bushwick brooklyn fallujah iraq iraq japan miami fl queens ny From - UM Libraries 0 likes 0 plays 0 Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Garcia, James Contributor Camps, Carolina Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date June 26, 2014 Creation Place Coral Gables (Fla.) Contributing Unit University of Miami Libraries Repository University Special Collections Rights Statement Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at contactus@storycorps.org Content Type Sound Local Identifier asm07000000390001001
Interview with Felix Santiago duration 59 minutes 41 seconds Interview with Felix Santiago Interview with Felix Santiago	Interview with Felix Santiago Gabriel Higuera (32) interviews Felix Santiago (62) about growing up in New York City, raised by Puerto Rican parents. Felix talks about his military and work experiences, and his views on his… war stories ethnicity workday life craft skills and procedures coworkers bosses job satisfaction money injuries mental illness clubbing/bars favorite hangouts and haunts dances dancing favorite songs anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences memories of growing up earliest memories school day memories memories of former times political beliefs and practices luck and fate economic beliefs and practices social beliefs and practices prejudice discrimination racism identity urban life community organizations schools college changes in education cohorts (groups of friends) parents grandparents children metropolitan hospital queensbridge houses long island city queens astoria 65th infantry puerto rico world war ii korean war vietnam war g.i. forum radio man st. mary’s school (long island city) cuny bmcc schoolteacher housing projects power memorial academy kareem abul-jabaar puerto rican studies high school jacket panama canal zone day of the martyrs sharpshooters howard air force base nationalist “armchair revolutionaries” sat center for puerto rican studies manhattan community college salsa music salsa dancing nightclubs chez jose parties drinking ptsd jail east harlem community corporation counselor law school bar exam veteran’s affairs hospital nyc transit authority transit authority From - UM Libraries 0 likes 0 plays 0 Access Restrictions Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy. Digital Collections Link University of Miami Digital Collections Creator Santiago, Felix Higuera, Higuera Genre Oral histories Language English Creation Date September 30, 2009 Creation Place New York (N.Y.) Contributing Unit University of Miami Libraries Repository Cuban Heritage Collection Rights Statement Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at http://storycorps.org/about/inquiries/. Content Type Sound Local Identifier chc52460000080001001

duration 41 minutes 38 seconds

Interview with James Garcia

James Garcia (32) speaks with Carolina Camps (68) about his childhood in Queens, NY, his decision to enlist as a Marine, his deployments, and what it is like reintegrating back in to civilian life.

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Access Restrictions

Access to this content is limited to computers in the Richter Library on the University of Miami campus. Please visit the library to view this content. Visitors not affiliated with the University of Miami should consult the library’s patron access policy.

Digital Collections Link

University of Miami Digital Collections

Creator

Garcia, James

Contributor

Camps, Carolina

Genre

Oral histories

Language

English

Creation Date

June 26, 2014

Creation Place

Coral Gables (Fla.)

Contributing Unit

University of Miami Libraries

Repository

University Special Collections

Rights Statement

Courtesy of StoryCorps, a national nonprofit dedicated to recording and collecting stories of everyday people. www.storycorps.org. Any other uses of this material--for commercial or non-commercial distribution, editing, exhibition, publishing, publicly performing, publicly displaying, reproducing on a website, or quotation beyond "fair use"--requires the permission of StoryCorps. For clearance, please contact StoryCorps at contactus@storycorps.org

Content Type

Sound

Local Identifier

asm07000000390001001

Interview with Felix Santiago

duration 59 minutes 41 seconds

Interview with Felix Santiago

Gabriel Higuera (32) interviews Felix Santiago (62) about growing up in New York City, raised by Puerto Rican parents. Felix talks about his military and work experiences, and his views on his…

war stories

ethnicity

workday life

craft skills and procedures

favorite hangouts and haunts