Below are the Veteran oral history interviews from the Making History Project. Our Veteran oral history interviews seek to cover Veterans from all eras, including World War II, Korea, Cold War, Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the present. No story is too small or unimportant. Our mission is to leave no Veteran behind.
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To preserve these memories for the future, the Making History Project will archive the Veteran oral history interviews with the United States Library of Congress and the University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program.
If you are a Veteran, or know of a Veteran, who would be interested in providing an oral history interview and receiving a digital copy of the same, please contact us.
Golanka Stanley - Cold War VeteranCold War Veteran, Stanley Golanka, was interviewed on November 10, 2022, in Pensacola, Florida. Commander O-5 Golanka served in the U.S. Navy from 1954 until 1974. Commander Golanka was involved in anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic as an Operations Officer aboard Carrier Air Group 52 and as Commander on the USS Wasp CVS 18.
Goodall Clifford - WWII VeteranWWII Veteran Clifford Goodall was interviewed on October 22, 2017 in Fayetteville, NC. SM2 Goodall served in the 7th Beach Battalion as a signalman for the U.S. Navy in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. SM2 Goodall was involved in D-Day as well as the occupation of Japan.
Graham Justin - Afghanistan War VeteranAfghanistan War Veteran, Justin Graham, was interviewed on November 5th, 2016, in Charleston, South Carolina. SSG Graham was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment while serving in three deployments to Afghanistan. SSG Graham discusses the operations he was involved with in Kabul and the Kandahar Province.
Grinstead Jack - Viet Nam VeteranViet Nam Veteran, Jack Grinstead, was interviewed on November 11, 2022, in Pensacola, Florida. Captain Grinstead was a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Marines and served two tours in Viet Nam with HMM-263 and HMM-161 flying out of Marble Mountain and Phu Bai. Captain Grinstead spent a total of 29 years with the Marines and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Hamlin Jack - WWII VeteranWWII Veteran, Jack Hamlin, was interviewed on June 7, 2017, in Angoville, Normandy, France. Jack Hamlin was a Boatswain's Mate for the U.S. Coastguard Rescue Flotilla #1 during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. Jack Hamlin's primary issue was lifesaving and rescuing drowning soldiers during the Normandy invasion.
Hanna Marshall - WWII Korea VeteranWorld War II Veteran, Marshall Hanna, was interviewed on August 6, 2021, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Captain Hanna served as a fighter and bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps., with the 9th Air Force, 474th Fighter Group, 430th Squadron during World War II and the Korean War. Captain Hanna received the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart, and was also a Prisoner of War.