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Archive: July 2019 (2 Posts)

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

African Americans in the “Forgotten Theater” of World War II

Posted by: Megan Harris

The following is a guest post by Patricia Glaser, a Junior Fellow working with the Veterans History Project (VHP) this summer. They told us to be careful with our equipment and our clothing when we went to bed that night– be sure to fasten the mosquito netting. Not only to keep out the mosquitos but …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

“See the World” in the Veterans History Project Archive

Posted by: Megan Harris

Kimberly Windham and Patricia Glaser are Junior Fellows working for the Veterans History Project this summer. This guest blog post, written by Kim and based on research done by both Fellows, describes their experience exploring VHP collections. As Junior Fellows, our mandate was to discover and elevate the voices of African Americans in the Veterans History …