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Mar 2022
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EP207: Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak’s story about his dad’s dog Benny and his mom Doris. From the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog, which you can pickup at chickensoup.com. Hear how Ray Bubba Sorensen II decided to start painting rocks to honor our veterans across all 99 counties in Iowa. Find out more about the Freedom Rock Foundation HERE. Historian, Hill Goodspeed, from the Naval Aviation Museum brings us the story of Major Buang-Ly who worked as a pilot with the United States military during the Vietnam War. When the U.S. began evacuating South Vietnam, Major Buang-Ly knew he had to get his family out.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments

10:00 - The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans

35:00 - The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole A Plane To Save His Family

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