Cutting the Tension – VHP Narrators’ Cracks, Jokes and Quips
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Owen Rogers, Liaison Specialist for the Veterans History Project (VHP). Among VHP’s oral histories, memoirs and correspondence, we frequently find humorous anecdotes about jokes, pranks and creative punishments. This post began as an “April Fools” ruse developed from some of the more absurd scenarios recounted by veterans …
Posted in: African Americans, April Fool's Day, Civil Rights, Holidays, Korean War, Narratives, Oral History, Photographs, Practical Jokes, Storytelling, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War II
