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Posted by: Megan Harris
In the wee morning hours of June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France. Given the code name OVERLORD, the operation was the largest amphibious assault in history, and would go on to be known simply as “D-Day.” Today, eighty years later, the Veterans History Project has captured and preserved more …
Posted in: D-Day, Oral History, Veterans History Project, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest blog post by Don Bannai and George Wada, Veterans History Project interviewers with the Asian American Community Media Project. Two years ago a couple of guys, George Wada and Don Bannai, had an idea. Japanese American veterans of the Vietnam era deserved to have their oral histories recorded to recognize …
Posted in: Asian American History, Asian Americans, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Megan Harris
Today, the Veterans History Project (VHP) launches a new online exhibit titled “In Memoriam: Honoring the Fallen,” featuring the stories of 15 servicemembers who died during their time in the military. For many, Memorial Day may feel like nothing more than a day off from work, a holiday that serves to mark the start of …
Posted in: Afghan War, Impact of Service, Iraq War, Korean War, Memorial Day, Oral History, Serving: Our Voices, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War, World War I, World War II
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest post by Bob Patrick, former director of the Veterans History Project. As the Director of the Veterans History Project, I had many, many occasions to make presentations about VHP. I spoke at national conferences, on radio and TV, community events and ceremonies, educational institutions, Veterans’ gatherings and at numerous Library …
Posted in: Millennials, Oral History, Veterans History Project
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: Megan Harris
This Veterans Day, the Veterans History Project (VHP) is proud to debut a pair of research tools to help users discover and navigate our collections related to the Vietnam War. The newest installment of Serving: Our Voices pulls from VHP’s holdings of over 25,0000 narratives relating to Vietnam veterans. For this presentation, we have focused …
Posted in: Oral History, Serving: Our Voices, Veterans Day, Veterans History Project, Vietnam War
Posted by: Megan Harris
The following is a guest blog post by Veterans History Project (VHP) participant Paul LaRue, a retired social studies teacher in Washington Court House, Ohio. As an educator, you are always looking for projects that make a difference in the lives of your students, and, if you are lucky, in your community. I found that …
Posted in: African American History, Oral History, Veterans History Project, World War II
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: Afghan War, COVID-19 pandemic, Iraq War, Oral History, Post Traumatic Stress (PTS), Storytelling, Veterans History Project
Posted by: Lisa Taylor
The following is a guest blog post by Andrew Huber, a liaison specialist for the Library of Congress Veterans History Project (VHP). The idea of an event focusing on collecting stories from Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) veterans all stemmed from a simple question asked during a VHP workshop in 2020. I was teaching …
Posted in: Asian American History, Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Cultural Heritage, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Narratives, Oral History, Pacific Islander History, Pacific Islands Americans, Storytelling, Veterans History Project