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Archive: November 2021 (2 Posts)

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

VHP’s New Research Guide: Post-9/11 Photo Collections

Posted by: Megan Harris

Today, the Veterans History Project (VHP) releases a new research guide focusing on photograph collections contributed by veterans who served in the Global War on Terror following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. One of the Library’s many LibGuides, our new research guide was designed to provide users with a glimpse into a handful …

Posted in: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Veterans Day, Veterans History Project

Edwin Groce stands on a city street wearing his Army Air Corps uniform. He looks slightly to the right of the camera and is smiling. Buildings and trees are visible in the background.

“I Would Want to Know the Circumstances”: Edwin Groce (New York), Rose Bushnell (Idaho) and an Act of Kindness during WWII

Posted by: Megan Harris

The following is a guest blog post by Nancy Groce, PhD, Senior Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center. Edwin (“Eddy”) Groce was my uncle and my father’s only sibling, but we never met. Years before I was born, twenty-year old Eddy and nine of his shipmates died in the fiery crash of his B-24J …

Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II