Teacher’s Guide
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Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project Teacher's Guide (PDF, 1.65 MB)
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Primary Sources
Click the thumbnail for the original item, the caption for information on the item, or download a PDF or MP3.
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Life expectancy of a truck driver (video)
Thomas Hodge
VietnamDownload MP4 (53 MB)
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Brian and Jeanne Markle
World War IIView PDF
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The real strength of American defense (video)
Max Cleland
VietnamDownload MP4
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Samuel Boylston
World War IIView PDF
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Tracy Sugarman
World War IIView PDF
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Tracy Sugarman
World War IIView PDF
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Denton Crocker
World War IIView PDF
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Learning the rules of the POW camp (video)
Nathaniel Raley
World War IIDownload MP4
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Paul Steppe
KoreaView PDF
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Robert Lee Olen
World War IIView PDF
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James Walsh
KoreaView PDF
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Volunteering for Vietnam (video)
Charles Hagel
VietnamDownload MP4
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The decency of the old OSS (video)
Rafael Hirtz
World War IIDownload MP4
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The shock of boot camp (video)
Ronald Winter
VietnamDownload MP4
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Gunner Nice of the “Devil-Dogs”
William Frederick Nice
World War IView PDF
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John Enman
World War IIView PDF
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Carl Hall
World War IIView PDF
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His tour of duty in Afghanistan (video)
Timothy Rieger
Iraq-AfghanistanDownload MP4
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Job assignments in Iraq (video)
Krystyna Kalski
Iraq-AfghanistanDownload MP4
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Diary of Albert John Carpenter
Albert John Carpenter
World War IView PDF
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Saved by the Chinese from being shot (video)
Jose Mares
KoreaDownload MP4
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Details on his physical and emotional healing (video)
James Mayer
VietnamDownload MP4
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How his family was uprooted by the Korean War (video)
Raymond Kasten
KoreaDownload MP4
(25 MB)
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