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Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Travis Bickford, head of programs and communications at The Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). On August 28, 2005, it was 111 degrees in Baghdad. That kind of heat makes you conspiratorial, like “nah, this ain’t real” kind of heat. I’d only been in country a …
Posted in: African Americans, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq War, Louisiana, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Kerry Ward
The following is a guest blog post by veteran and Veterans History Project participant Earl Porter III. Porter’s VHP interview can be found on our website. On September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I crested Mt. Katahdin in Maine, the start point for southbound Appalachian Trail (AT) “thru-hikers.” The AT is a 2,190+ …
Posted in: Afghanistan War, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq War, Oral History, Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Kerry Ward
The following is a guest blog post by Andy Wolanski, a liaison specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). The Veterans History Project (VHP) proudly celebrates Women’s History Month by highlighting female veterans across a wide variety of backgrounds, conflicts, and military service branches. The current “Go Box” display that I curated for the VHP …
Posted in: Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Narratives, Oral History, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, Women's History