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Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project
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Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Wright Arnold

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Thomas Hodge Marines, Vietnam

Life expectancy of a truck driver (video)

Thomas Hodge
Vietnam

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Brian and Jeanne Markle

Shortly after their wedding

Brian and Jeanne Markle
World War II

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Max Cleland

The real strength of American defense (video)

Max Cleland
Vietnam

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Samuel Boylston

Jungle snoozing

Samuel Boylston
World War II

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Tracy Sugarman

Letter to his wife

Tracy Sugarman
World War II

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Tracy Sugarman

Crew off duty

Tracy Sugarman
World War II

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A wartime marriage proposal

A wartime marriage proposal

Denton Crocker
World War II

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Nathaniel Raley

Learning the rules of the POW camp (video)

Nathaniel Raley
World War II

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Paul Steppe - extract from his memoir

Memoir

Paul Steppe
Korea

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Axis POWs

Axis POWs

Robert Lee Olen
World War II

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US soldiers relaxing

This is a real war picture

James Walsh
Korea

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Charles Hagel

Volunteering for Vietnam (video)

Charles Hagel
Vietnam

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Rafael Hirtz

The decency of the old OSS (video)

Rafael Hirtz
World War II

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Ronald Winter

The shock of boot camp (video)

Ronald Winter
Vietnam

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Extract from article on Gunner Nice of the “Devil-Dogs”

Gunner Nice of the “Devil-Dogs”

William Frederick Nice
World War I

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Extract from memoirs, A GI Odyssey

A GI Odyssey

John Enman
World War II

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Drawing “Mud on Leyte Island”

Mud on Leyte Island

Carl Hall
World War II

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Timothy Rieger

His tour of duty in Afghanistan (video)

Timothy Rieger
Iraq-Afghanistan

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Krystyna Kalski

Job assignments in Iraq (video)

Krystyna Kalski
Iraq-Afghanistan

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Diary of Albert John Carpenter

Diary of Albert John Carpenter

Albert John Carpenter
World War I

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Jose Mares

Saved by the Chinese from being shot (video)

Jose Mares
Korea

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James Mayer

Details on his physical and emotional healing (video)

James Mayer
Vietnam

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Raymond Kasten

How his family was uprooted by the Korean War (video)

Raymond Kasten
Korea

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