MAMF Media

SCHOOLING WITH UNCLE SAM: Bill Woessner

Bill Woessner was the son of a US Diplomat, and he attended schools overseas and stateside. He was interviewed December 15, 2012

SCHOOLING WITH UNCLE SAM: Allen Dale Olson

Former DODDS teacher, administrator and public affairs office Allen Dale "Ole" Olson talks about the history of DODDS (USDESEA) and the roles he had over his long career. This was recorded in September 2012.

SCHOOLING WITH UNCLE SAM: DODDS Reunion

MAMF Director Circe Olson Woessner attended the 2012 DODDS Reunion in Denver in July, 2012, and interviewed former DODDS teachers.  

SCHOOLING WITH UNCLE SAM: Tina Calo

Former President of the American Overseas Schools Historical Society (AOSHS) Tina Calo spoke to Circe Olson Woessner in July 2013. 

TOGETHER WE SERVE: Barbara Wright, Military Spouse

Barbara Wright, Military Spouse, comes from a long line of service families.She is part of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary and talks about her family how she continues to serve. This was recorded on July 2. 2013

TOGETHER WE SERVE: Claude and Nancy Lewis, Military Family

Claude and Nancy Lewis talk about their experiences as a military family during the Korean War. This was recorded in July, 2013

TOGETHER WE SERVE: Ed Whittwer, Veteran

Ed Whittwer talks about his service, and that of his families. This was recorded on August 21, 2012.

SCHOOLING WITH Uncle Sam: R. Cleveland

Recorded at the Flying Star Cafe in Nob Hill, Navy Brat Rachael Cleveland shares some thoughts about being a Brat and attending schools stateside and overseas. This episode was recorded June 25, 2012.

SCHOOLING WITH UNCLE SAM: J. Olson

Teacher Joan Olson discusses what it was like to teach in the DODDS schools in Germany. This was recorded June 10, 2012

ONE TAKES: Bill Woessner

Bill Woessner was a 2LT when he was stationed in Bad Hersfeld with the 3/11ACR. He shares his thoughts about what it was like to serve on "freedom's frontier" and to witness the opening of the border and the reunification of Germany. This was filmed in February 2020.  

ONE TAKES: Circe Olson Woessner

Army Wife Circe Olson Woessner remembers living in a small town near the East/West Border in 1989-1990. She experienced the fall of the Iron Curtain and the reunification of Germany. Filmed January 2020.

AT EASE! Author Kathleen M. Rodgers

Kathleen M. Rodgers is a novelist whose work has appeared in Family Circle Magazine, Military Times, and in anthologies. Seven Wings to Glory, Roger’s  third novel, deals with racism and war and won Honorable Mention for War & Military in the 2017 Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards and was shortlisted for the 2017 Somerset Awards. Her second novel, Johnnie Come Lately, garnered  the 2015 Gold Medal for literary fiction from Military Writers Society of America. The Final Salute, her first novel, was featured in USA Today, The Associated Press, and Military Times.

She and her husband, Tom, a retired USAF fighterpilot/commercial airline pilot, reside in a suburb of North Texas with their two rescue dogs, Denton and Jav. The mother of two grown sons, Thomas and J.P., and grandmother to Reader and Colton, she is working on her fifth novel.

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