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Experiencing War: Stories from the Veterans History Project
Forever a Soldier image Companion to the PBS Series: The War

As a partner with filmmaker Ken Burns and PBS on The War, the Veterans History Project (VHP) offers this special Web site to enhance the viewing experience of this epic yet intimate look at those who sacrificed so much to serve their country during World War II.
Forever a Soldier image Companion to the Book: Forever a Soldier

This Web site accompanies the second book of stories from the collections of the Veterans History Project. It contains 37 tales of servicemen and women who served our country in every major war from World War I through the current conflict in Iraq.
Voices of War image Companion to the Book: Voices of War

This companion Web site accompanies Voices of War, the first book of stories drawn from the collections of the Veterans History Project. The book relates war through the eyes of 60 veterans and civilians caught up in the momentous conflicts of the 20th century.
Image of Warren Tsuneishi Asian Pacific Americans "Going for Broke"

Grant Hirabayashi, Norman Ikari, Carolyn Tanaka, Warren Tsuneishi, Yeiichi Kelly Kuwayama, Jimmie Kanaya, Gordon Nakagawa, Matthew Braiotta
Courage image Courage

Rhona Prescott, Sen. Chuck Hagel, Corbin Willis, Jr., Sen. Max Cleland, William Loncaric, William Arnett, Bruce Fenchel
Buddies image Buddies

Walter Morris, Margaret Fleming, Robert Richstatter, Donald Peppard, Thomas Hodge, Henry Wilayto, Nathaniel Raley, Paul Steppe, Jr., Robert Lee Olen
Patriotism image Patriotism

Violet Gordon, Rep. Steve Buyer, Rep. Joe Baca, James Walsh, Sen Thomas Carper, Isabelle Cook, Benjamin Gilman
Sweethearts image Sweethearts

Tracy Sugarman, Arnold Robbins, Clare Crane, Denton Crocker, Samuel Boylston
Community image Community

John Earle, Ben Snyder, Patricia Seawalt, Patricia Lala, Sally Pullman, John Wister, Rep. Amory Houghton, Jr.
Family Ties image Family Ties

Marion Gurfein, Mary Gill, Donald Finn, Marie Voltzke, Sidney Riches, Sr., Frederick Stilson, Malcolm Stilson, Vincent Reed
Life-Altering image Life-Altering Moments

Jeanne Holm, Jeanne Markle, Joanne Palella, Donald Spencer, Warren Tsuneishi, Jacob Younginer
On a Mission image On a Mission

Alvin Dickson, Rafael Hirtz, William Frederick Nice, Joseph Pitts, Edward Schrock, Joseph Steinbacher, Ronald Winter


Hurry Up and Wait image Hurry Up and Wait

Meda Brendall, John Enman, Helen Minor, Catherine Neville, Irving Oblas
On the Beach Image D-Day: On the Beach

Jay Adams, William Arnett, Kenneth Delaney, William Loncaric, Millet, Ellison Parfitt, Claud Woodring
Image for Beyond the Beach D-Day: Beyond the Beach

Herbert Amstutz, Carl Beck, Arthur Klobe, Robert Huttemeyer, Frank McKee, Robert Powell, James Simpson, Tracey Sugarman, Stanely Weinberg
Image of D-Day Plus 1 D-Day Plus 1, Plus 2...

Russell Mack Baldwin, Joseph Halicek, Burton Ruby, John Sudyk, Glenn B. Webber
Image for POWs in Germany POWs in Germany

Aben S. Caplan, Donald Cassidy, Richard Hartman, Orville J. Jackson, Nathaniel Raley, Harold Riley, Milton W. Stern, Corbin Willis
Image for POWs in Japan POWs in Japan

William Allen, Cecil Peart, Aaron Claude Hopper, Richard Henry Peterson, John Stensby,
Henry Wilayto
Image for POWs in Korea or Vietnam POWs in Korea or Vietnam

Donald Griffith, Roger Ingvalson, John McCain III, Jose Mares, James Mulligan, Jr., Donald Peppard
Military Medicine: Doctors Military Medicine: Doctors

Glenn H. Wyler, Herbert Amstutz, Eugene Curtin, William Dolan, Richard Leith, William McConahey
Military Medicine: Nurses Military Medicine: Nurses

Frances Liberty, Jayne Cooley, Dorothy Cutts, Julia Haskell, Jeanne Markle, Vera Palmer, Carolyn Tanaka, Sharolyn Walcutt
Military Medicine: Medical Support Military Medicine: Medical Support

Yeiichi Kelly Kuwayama, Joseph Edward Brown, Jeff Fitch, Joseph Milton Hand, Earl Hufford, Charles E. Kelly, Brian Markle, Helen Minor
War's End: VJ-Day War's End: VJ-Day

Raymond Albert Brittain, Robert Llewellyn Balfour, Yukio Kawamoto, Robert G. Mackey, Joseph Jefferson Mickey, Glenn Walter Nelson, Glen Harold Wallace,
War's End: VE-Day War's End: VE-Day

Charles Remsburg, Jr., Paul R. Allen, Isabelle V. Cook, John Ernest Dolibois, Ed Goodwin, Edward Wallace Hopkins, Walter Morris, Arthur B. Scattergood
African American Pioneers African American Pioneers

Pearle W. Mack, Jr., Rutherford Vincent Brice, Prudence Burrell, Frank Hosendove, Coleridge Augustus Jemmott, Harry W. Leavell, Isaiah A. McCoy, Jr., Quentin Smith, Oneida Miller Stuart, Bobby J. Wallace, Essie Dell Woods
African Americans: The Next Generation African Americans: The Next Generation

Willie H. Boyd, James W. Allen, Charles Earnest Berry, Daniel Edward Burress, Terona Chivers, James Franklin McCall, Marion Anthony Marshall, Michael Mills, Solomon Reed, Robert Lee Rice, Donald L. Scott, Walter L. Washington
Military Intel: In Harm's Way Military Intel: In Harm's Way

George Paris Davis (featured), John Vanden Berg, Spiro Cappony, René J. Défourneaux, Grant Jiro Hirabayashi, Keith Little, Merril L. Sandoval, Kenneth W. Stein, Boris Robert Spiroff
Military Intel: In the Field Military Intel: In the Field

Alexander Standish (featured), William A. Glenn, Rudolf H. Michaels, Edwin P. Putzell, Jr., William Spoelhof, Robert B. Springsteen, Milton Zaslow
Behind the Scenes Military Intel: Behind the Scenes

Louis L. Weinstein (featured), Ann Caracristi, John W. Kluge, Ann Ellicott Madeira, Judy Reed Russell, James C. Shildmyer
Collage image for Art of War The Art of War

Ralph Pyle, Joseph Parrino,
Doane Hage, Peter Sanfilippio, Joe Thompson, Jr., Carl Fordahl, Mimi Lesser, Victor Selinsky, Sumner Grant, Aldo Panzieri,
Sid White, Robert Bindig, Carl Hall
Image of Meda Bendall Woman at War

Meda Brendall, Ann Caracristi, Rhonda Cornum, Violet Hill Gordon, Jeanne Holm, Darlene Iskra, Frances Liberty, Jeanne Urbin Markle, Rhona Prescott, Regina Schiffman, Wendy Wamsley Taines, Carolyn Tanaka
In the Trenches (World War I) In the Trenches (World War I: "The Great War")

James Platt, John Brennan, Albert Carpenter, Richard Crump, Harry Frieman, Quiren Groessl, Alfred Harrison, Arnold Hoke, Morris Martin, Mark McCave, Reese Melvin Russell, George Sheppard
Above and Beyond  (World War I) Above and Beyond the Battlefield (World War I: "The Great War")

Doyen P. Wardwell, Rex V. Bixby, Frank Buckles, Clara Hoke, Gustav Kissel, Albert Kleinecke, Charles Lamb, Orville F. Rogers, Dennis J. Sullivan, Robert L. Wiley
Image: Charles Rodriguez Hispanic Americans: Service to the Nation

From Charles Rodriguez, who fought with Merrill’s Marauders in WWII Burma, to Jose Mares, a teenager who survived incredible hardship as a POW during the Korean War.
Image: Charles Evans China-Burma-India: Flying the Hump

Charles D. Evans, Robert E. Derrington, George J. Laben, Joseph E. Murray, Alfonso Bernard Perez
Image: David L. Quiad China-Burma-India: Merrill's Marauders

David L. Quiad, Kermit A. Busher, Herbert Clofine, Robert E. Passanisi, Philip B. Piazza
Image: Geraldine Boock China-Burma-India: Ground Support

Geraldine L. Boock, Virginia Claudon Allen, Robert H. Haines, Abel Kessler, Walter L. Mess, John Carson Rather, Henry James Ryskamp, Marion Steinhilber
Image: Michael Daake War on Terror -- Attitudes Toward Service and the War

Michael Daake, Eric James March, Brian McPhillips,
Timothy Rieger
Image: James Nappier War on Terror -- Combat: Dangers & Dilemmas

James Nappier, Krystyna Kalski, James Maddix,
James Welch
Image: Greg Schulte War on Terror -- Re-entry to Civilian Life

Greg Schulte, Larry Bond,
Bradley Keith Oxford,
Todd Walton
Image: Mark Warnecke War on Terror -- Impacts of the Experience

Mark Warnecke, Luis Almaguer, Shawn Stenberg,
Karen Trueblood
Image from Buffalo Soldiers Buffalo Soldiers: The 92nd in Italy

Isham G. Benton, William C. Bryant, Elvin V. Davidson, John C. Foster, Jr., Luther E. Hall, Robert P. Madison, A. William Perry, Rothacker C. Smith, Roscoe T. Spann
 
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  November 6, 2008
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