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# StoryCorps Shorts: Tom's War
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pov/specials/storycorps-short-toms-war-lfeagf/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T14:02:16.000Z
- Description: Tom Geerdes remembers his long journey toward healing after returning home from the war.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: POV, #ZZZ_Show_70f7837f-7d56-44e5-aeca-8af3c2ecd00c, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_2215fa43-2093-4dc6-a6cb-fd083fd780f9, #special

After being drafted in 1969, Tom Geerdes served as an Army medic in the 11th Armored Calvary in Vietnam and Cambodia. Like many veterans, he returned home a changed man. At StoryCorps, Tom shared his long journey toward healing with his daughter, Hannah Campbell.