Gabe Gentry was born in Searcy, Arkansas. He graduated form Searcy High School in 1998. Gentry graduated in the summer of 2003 from the University of Central Arkansas with an emphasis in digital film making.

After graduation he partnered with the Arkansas Scottish Rite Freemasons to complete a 10 DVD, 20 hour oral history of Arkansas World War II veterans titled World War II Remembered. Funded entirely by the Scottish Rite Freemasons of Arkansas, the result of the project was a series of unique gifts donated to Arkansas Libraries for the upkeep of history.

Gabe now works as lead Producer for AETN’s In Their Words: a World War II oral history project. To date, AETN’s In Their Words has rescued over 300 testimonies from Arkansas World War II generation.

Ryan Tucker is a Production Technician with AETN’s In Their Words Oral History Project. He has been involved with the project since January 2007.

Ryan was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1981 to Terry and Debbie Tucker. He was raised in Searcy, Arkansas and graduated from high school there in 2000. Ryan attended college at Arkansas State University. During his senior year he worked at the Archives and Special Collections in the Dean B. Ellis Library. It was there that he developed a passion for oral history. He was primarily responsible for transcribing recorded oral histories and began diligently working on them. By the time he graduated, he had done more oral history transcriptions than any of the previous student workers combined.

After graduation, Ryan went to work for a local cable TV station in his hometown. He then went on to work as a photojournalist at KAIT in Jonesboro. After growing tired of the news industry, Ryan moved back to Searcy to become the operations manager for an up and coming TV station. One Sunday Ryan saw a job ad for the In Their Words project in the newspaper. He knew that he had to be a part of the project.

Ryan is responsible for interviewing veterans, editing their testimonies for the web, and a lot of other things that go along with the project. His compassion for the World War II generation and his love for oral history are what drive him in this project.

Regan Mowdy is an intern with AETN’s In Their Words Oral History Project.  She was born in Conroe, Texas in 1986 to Mike and Lyn Mowdy.  She was raised in Cut-N-Shoot, TX and graduated high school in 2004.  Regan is now a senior at the University of Central Arkansas.  Since interviewing a World War II veteran for a freshman history course, Regan has had an interest in preserving history through the words of those who lived it.

After graduating in May 2008 with a BA in History, Regan will work with In Their Words through the summer before pursuing a Master’s degree in the fall.

Flora Bailey is a history major at UCA.  She is a senior and looks forward to graduating this year.  She loves history because she feels it is important to remember and try to interpret the past to truly learn to understand ourselves.

Flora grew up in Arkansas but also has family in Minnesota.  It is this internal struggle that has forged a person who loves BBQ and also white bread stuffing, not together though!   Flora has been married to Matt Bailey for almost two years and they have a Maltese named Pickule Ann.

Flora is very excited to be working on In Their Words, not only because the project is admirable, but oral history is an exciting new field.

Bruce Rodtnick is a Senior Producer in the Education division of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN). He assists government agencies with their video production needs. Rodtnick has been with AETN since September 1998. He was formerly the producer for Honoring Arkansas War Heroes, which was the forerunner of In Their Words.

Rodtnick is an U.S. Air Force veteran. He graduated from Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) in Arkadelphia, Ark. in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Rodtnick has been in television for the last twenty-four years. He has experience in every area of television, from producer, to engineer, to director, to on-air talent and is able to complete any project, from inception to completion.