AMERICAN VETERANS. The Veterans History Project covers World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars. It includes all participants in those wars-- men and women, civilian and military. It documents contributions of civilian volunteers, support staff, and war industry workers as well as the experiences of military personnel from all ranks and all branches of service--the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy. All Americans are encouraged to participate. By interviewing a veteran or war worker as part of the Veterans History Project, you honor those who served our nation during difficult and dangerous periods in our history. It is essential to recognize, as Congress did, the importance of preserving a permanent record of your interviews for future generations of Americans to consult. Please follow carefully the instructions in the Project Kit http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/kit.html to ensure that your recording lasts and will be accessible to researchers and the public, both now and in the future. Plan to donate your interview to the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress or to one of our Official Partner organizations in your area who will help us preserve the National Veterans History Collection. Your cooperation will greatly assist the Library of Congress and the American Folklife Center in organizing and making publicly available this large and important collection. We invite veterans, active military personnel, and civilians to join our Volunteer Corps. Volunteers are the individuals who interview war veterans and identify documents to donate. If you are a veteran, you possess a valuable resource in your war memories and military knowledge, and we especially encourage you to participate as both an interviewer and an interviewee. Our Project Kit http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/kit.html contains all the information and forms you need to participate as a volunteer interviewer. http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/about.html PERMISSION TO REPRINT articles from MISSING LINKS is granted unless stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is not used for commercial purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in MISSING LINKS, Vol. 7, No. 52, 31 December 2002 http://www petuniapress.com Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ [email protected] List Owner: [email protected] "Without genealogy, the study of history is lifeless." All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus 2002

Thanks so much for posting that! I am going to pounce on my dad. He served stateside during Viet Nam, before he met my mom. I will interview Mom too, to get a civilian/female point of view, AND get all sorts of biographical info I might not have gotten otherwise. Thanks again, Sally, what a great link! Wendy www.DianasLegacy.net -- A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. - Proverb > From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 03:22:30 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NEWGEN] AMERICAN VETERANS .. The Veterans History Project > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 03:22:55 -0700 > > AMERICAN VETERANS. The Veterans History Project covers > World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and > Persian Gulf wars. It includes all participants in those wars-- > men and women, civilian and military. It documents contributions > of civilian volunteers, support staff, and war industry workers > as well as the experiences of military personnel from all ranks and all > branches of service--the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and > Navy. All Americans are encouraged to participate. By > interviewing a veteran or war worker as part of the Veterans > History Project, you honor those who served our nation during > difficult and dangerous periods in our history. It is essential > to recognize, as Congress did, the importance of preserving a > permanent record of your interviews for future generations of > Americans to consult. Please follow carefully the instructions > in the Project Kit > http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/kit.html