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What is the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress?

 What is the Veterans History Project?

The Veterans History Project (VHP) of the Library of Congress American Folklife Center is primarily an oral history program that collects and preserves the firsthand interviews of America's wartime veterans. VHP relies on volunteers, both individuals and organizations, throughout the nation to contribute veterans’ stories to VHP. In addition to audio- and video-recorded interviews, VHP accepts memoirs and collections of original photographs, letters, diaries, maps and other historical documents from World War I through current conflicts. See more at What We Collect andAbout the Project.

How did the Veterans History Project start?
The United States Congress created the Veterans History Project in 2000. The authorizing legislation (Public Law 106-380 [PDF, 197 KB]), sponsored by U.S. Representatives Ron Kind, Amo Houghton and Steny Hoyer and U.S. Senators Max Cleland and Chuck Hagel, received unanimous support and was signed into law by President William Jefferson Clinton on October 27, 2000.

 https://www.va.gov/opa/vhp/default.cfm is the Joint VA and Library of Congress Veterans History Project web site. The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. VA and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project have a special message for all Americans this Veterans Day – Honor our Veterans. Record their histories! By recording the oral histories of our Veterans, we preserve the human face of American history for generations to come and honor those men and women who swore to protect and defend the United States. Each day as Veterans Day approaches, the VA home page will introduce you to veterans’ oral histories from the digital archive of the Library of Congress – one from each state and territory. Interested in a Veteran from your state? Just click on the map. Each day we will reveal five more states until Veterans Day. To find out more about the Veterans History Project and how you can submit your veteran’s oral history to the Library of Congress, go to www.loc.gov/vets. Do something special to honor Veterans on Veterans Day, record a Veteran’s history!

Interviewees now inducted into the Veterans History Project at Library of Congress

Barksdale, Jr., Thomas Walter -- Sergeant, Army Air Forces/Corps Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Miami, Florida; South Dakota; San Antonio, Texas; England; Austria

Baughman, Sr., Paul L. -- Technical Sergeant, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - France; Belgium; Germany; European Theater

Belton, Samuel Lee -- Sergeant, Sergeant, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Montford Point, North Carolina; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; China; Guam (Mariana Islands); Pacific Theater; Washington, DC; Korea

Bolds, Francis James -- Chief Petty Officer, Navy, Navy Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - New Caledonia; Guam (Mariana Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); France; Italy; Da Nang, Vietnam; Chu Lai, Vietnam

Cox, Stanley D. -- Fireman, Navy Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Guam (Mariana Islands)

Donnelly, Jr., Raymond -- First Lieutenant, Army Veteran  Cold War - Hawaii

Finney, Edwin Mall -- Private First Class, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Pacific Theater

Harrington, Jr., Myron Charles -- Colonel, Marine Corps Veteran  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Vietnam; Beirut, Lebanon; Okinawa, Japan

Haynes, James E. -- Private First Class, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Germany; Philippines; Nancy, France; Paris, France

Lee, Lewis Marshall -- Chief Petty Officer, Navy Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Norfolk, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina

Liponi, Anthony -- Master Sergeant, Air Force Veteran  Cold War - Guam (Mariana Islands); Japan; Vietnam McGinnis, Sr., David Gene -- Petty Officer Third Class, Navy Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Norfolk, Virginia; San Francisco, California; North Africa; European Theater; Northern Mariana Islands; Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands); Borneo; Lingayen (Philippines); Leyte (Philippines); Pacific Theater Milligan, Jr., Herbert M. -- Sergeant, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Iwo Jima; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Carson, Colorado; Pacific Theater Moulton, Carlos R. -- Sergeant, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Belgium Porter, William W. -- Commander, Air Force, Air Force, Air Force Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Washington, D.C.; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Philippines; Korea; Vietnam Quinton, Garland G. -- Navy Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Aleutian Islands (Alaska) Rockefeller, John Jay -- Marine Corps Veteran  Korean War, 1950-1953 - Parris Island, South Carolina; California; Korea Saunders, Percy L. -- Colonel, Marine Corps, Army, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Parris Island, South Carolina; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Philippines; Korea; Vietnam Saunders, Sr., Percy Leo -- Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Army Air Forces/Corps, Air Force, Air Force Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - California; Korea; Philippines; Vietnam Schramm, Richard Augustus -- Sergeant, Army, Army Veteran  Cold War, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Vietnam; Missouri; Minnesota Syfrett, Harold Walter -- Chief Electrician's Mate, Navy Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Norfolk, Virginia; Washington, DC; Pacific Ocean Tindal, Sullivan -- Corporal, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - Normandy, France; Berlin, Germany

Watts, III, Claudius E. -- Lieutenant General, Air Force Veteran  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Craig Air Force Base, Alabama; Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina; Bien Hoa, Vietnam; Da Nang, Vietnam; Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; Norton Air Force Base, California; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Washington, DC

Wright, Dan -- Technician Four, Army Veteran  World War II, 1939-1945 - New Guinea; Luzon (Philippines); Pacific Theater

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