Interview with Christopher Robinson, June 30, 2011
Project: American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project
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Chris Robinson, from Paint Lick, Kentucky, joined the National Guard at twenty-eight years old. He joined the Army to become a combat medic and deployed to Iraq. Chris is currently going to school at Eastern Kentucky University and working on a nursing degree. In this interview he talks about working in the hospital and also having to care for detainees in the prison. Robinson also talks about his transition back to the states and how he felt about coming home. He describes his transition into college and how Eastern Kentucky University has helped him adjust to being a student.Interview Accession
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Combat medic From Combat to Kentucky Higher education military Nursing specialization training transitionInterview Rights
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Robinson, Christopher Interview by Ryan Donahue. 30 Jun. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Robinson, C. (2011, June 30). Interview by R. Donahue. American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Robinson, Christopher, interview by Ryan Donahue. June 30, 2011, American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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