Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Veterans History Project

Access: Publicly available resource

Description: Search for first-hand accounts of United States Veterans from World War I (1914-1920), World War II (1939-1946), Korean War (1950-1955), Vietnam War (1961-1975), and the Persian Gulf War (1990-1995). Stories are told through personal narratives (audio and video-taped interviews as well as written memoirs), correspondence (letters, postcards, personal diaries) and visual materials (drawings, photographs, scrapbooks).

Coverage: Early 1900's to the present

Subject(s):
Digital Archives & Collections
Publicly Available Resources

Related DatabasesOn-Site Access Only
America : History and Life
Oral History Online

Related Links
American Memory
National Archives Access to Archival Databases (U.S.) ** http://www.archives.gov/aad/ **
World War I Edition of Stars and Stripes ** http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sgphtml/sashtml/sashome.html **
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Other Related Links:
American Civil War Letters, Diaries and Newspapers (UVA)
German War Letters of the Second World War
Gulf War (Frontline, Public Broadcasting System)
Letters of the Civil War
Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War
Sound Recordings: Voices of World War II (National Archves)

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