The Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress has made a mission of collecting oral history interviews, memoirs, letters, diaries, photographs and other original materials from the more than 18 million living war veterans of World Wars I and II; the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars; and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. The goal of the project is to preserve and share with future generations these stories and moments in time that paint such a personal picture of the trials and tribulations of a nation at war.