Tag Archives: Veterans Oral History

US Paratrooper – 82nd Airborne Veteran oral history interview for WWII Veteran Kenneth Rock Merritt is now available. This is part 1 of 2 interviews. We conducted part one of this interview in La Fiere, Normandy, France on June 5, 2014. La Fiere was the site of an important battle for a strategic bridge during the Normandy campaign. Rock is …

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Veterans Oral History Program I am pleased to announce that a coveted grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities was awarded to a Veterans oral history program that I will be working with. Specifically, the NEH grant for Dialogues on the Experience of War was awarded to Governors State University for a program titled “War, Trauma, and the Humanities”. Dean …

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The full oral history interview of Afghanistan War Veteran, SSG Justin Graham, has been uploaded to the Making History Project website. The oral history interview took place on November 5, 2016 during the 10th Anniversary Reunion for the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne. SSG Justin Graham is a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne, 508 PIR and served …

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