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TellTale: Dakota Folklife and Stories

Veterans: David Daeley

By Bill Thomas

Published October 20, 2021 at 3:41 PM CDT

I’m From Grandpa’s Pipe, U.S. Marine Corps (Vietnam War).

David Daeley, I’m From Grandpa’s Pipe, U.S. Marine Corps (Vietnam War), Lakota, ND: David talks about his love of teaching and PTSD. This audio is part of a special thread within the TellTale series that honors veterans and military service. It features memories sparked by the creation of an auto-biographical poem used in the exhibit Poetic Portraits: The Lives of Veterans.

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