The National D-Day Memorial Foundation is actively interviewing D-Day veterans in an attempt to collect and preserve video-taped oral histories and documentary materials of those who served during the Normandy campaign.
In addition, those U. As a partner institution, all interviews conducted by the National D-Day Memorial Foundation will be housed in the Foundation library. Though the National D-Day Memorial will store recorded interviews at the Foundation, the Library of Congress will provide a comprehensible, searchable catalog of all materials collected as part of this project so that researchers and the public will have access to them in the future.
Timbs explains why he entered the service, his relationship with civilians while overseas, and comments on the Iraq War. Wolfe shares the details of his work in the Navy on an experimental destroyer testing new sonar. The interview concludes with reminiscences of the South Pacific and pastimes of soldiers.
In particular, Ledford details his basic training and journey through Iceland, England, and France. Advanced Search. Privacy Copyright. Skip to main content Digital Commons Winthrop University. Veterans History Project. Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing. Follow Switch View View Slideshow.
Interview with Victor C. Hemphill Victor C. Interview with Larry Timbs Sr. Lawrence C. Interview with William D. The Rutgers Oral History Archives includes more than 1, interviews with veterans and those on the home front.
Families are also invited to tell the stories of deceased veterans by submitting original photographs, letters, diaries and memoirs to the Library of Congress. Justin Sasso said he was surprised anyone would be interested in his story for a history project considering he ended his second tour of duty as a helicopter pilot in Iraq just four years ago.
But Sasso said he was excited to participate. He is working as a private helicopter pilot and going to Rutgers part-time to earn a political science degree. When he was asked to give his oral history for the Library of Congress project, Sasso realized he had never sat down and told his war story from start to finish. New Jersey veterans interested in contributing their oral histories to the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project can get more information at the program's website loc.
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