Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I'm Dave Isay, founder of StoryCore, and this message comes from NPR sponsor Subaru and |
| 0:05.5 | the 2021 Subaru Forester featuring standard symmetrical all-wheel drive and award-winning |
| 0:10.9 | safety technology. |
| 0:12.6 | Welcome to the SUV for All You Love. |
| 0:15.0 | Learn more at Subaru.com. |
| 0:16.6 | It's the StoryCore podcast from NPR. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm your host, Camila Kashani. |
| 0:27.0 | In this episode, we wanted to share one story with you from our Military Voices Initiative, |
| 0:31.3 | which records and shares the stories of service members and their families. |
| 0:43.4 | This week, we're remembering the first American soldier to be killed in combat during the |
| 0:47.4 | war in Afghanistan. |
| 0:49.4 | 31-year-old Army Sergeant First Class Nathan Chapman was killed on January 4, 2002. |
| 0:55.8 | He was a Green Beret in the Special Forces, and he was working as a communication specialist. |
| 1:00.8 | His mother and his brother, Lynn Chapman and Keith Chapman, came to StoryCore to remember |
| 1:05.2 | the complicated dynamic between brothers and the things that sometimes go left unsaid. |
| 1:10.2 | We were sitting around with her fingers crossed that he was going to graduate from high |
| 1:15.2 | school, but he did because he knew that if he didn't, he wouldn't be able to get into |
| 1:20.8 | the Army. |
| 1:22.5 | In September 11th, did you know that he was going to be doing what he was doing? |
| 1:28.7 | Well, in some ways, I was so clueless about all that because he was in Special Forces, |
| 1:35.1 | but then on Christmas Day, he called us, and he couldn't say where he was, but somehow |
| 1:41.6 | he told us what the time was. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.