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StoryCorps: A military man finds support in unexpected places

San Francisco StoryCorps
Olin Thomas and Hugo Salinas

Olin Thomas is a retired army veteran. He says it wasn’t until after he joined the military that he realized he was gay. Despite his fears about coming out, he found support in unexpected places. Thomas sat down in the StoryCorps booth at the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San Francisco with his friend, Hugo Salinas, to tell his story.

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This story originally aired on April 7, 2011.

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