Making History Project – Veteran Oral History Preserving Veterans’ Stories
Here are some recent articles of interest that I found this week for U.S. Veterans. Enjoy!
History Maker: US PFC Lou Roth – Third Army
A week or 10 days after boarding a victory ship in New York Harbor Pfc. Lou Roth of Baltimore, Md. sailed into Le Havre, France together with thousands of other G.I.s. It was August 1945, a few months after the end of World War II in Europe, and the 19-year-old was part of the Allied occupation force.
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Watch History: Hell in the Pacific (2001)
The story of the battles in the Pacific between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
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History Maker: Korean War Veteran Robert Borboro
Robert Borboro of Cross Creek RV Park north of Acadia served the better part of two years in Korea during the war. It’s been 60 years since he was a corporal in the 97th Engineering Battalion attached to the 1st Infantry Division based at Young Dong Po and his memory is not what it once was.
Read more here…
Thank you for reading (and sharing). Stay tuned for next week’s weekly review for U.S. Veterans.
