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The National Veteran’s Historical Archive is a national non-profit 501(c)3
organization, whose main goal is to capture the life histories of our
Veterans.
The NVHA is a
grassroots effort to capture these stories while time allows, first
for the families, and then for anyone who wishes to do research on family
history, hometown history, and stories of the American
Spirit, as well as the military history. We are interested in
recording the life histories of all Veterans regardless of when they
served, where, or M.O.S.
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Everyone has a story to tell, and it is priceless to their
family.
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Do you
want to preserve your life story for your
family?
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It's
free, all it costs is a little time.
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Do you
want to preserve history as it was, not as it's revised?
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Heroes should not be just a
causality. They can't tell their story, but you
can.
Click here to see how the interview process
works.
Since August 7, 2001 we have uncovered priceless treasures of life,
period, and military history.
We've captured the personalities
and last moments of the real heroes, the ones who died for
us:
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Johnny Birdsong who fell in
Italy,
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Sgt. Luther who was cut down at
Tarawa,
and Medal of Honor
winners:
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Jack
Lummis who though mortally wounded, led his men till he was pulled
from the field on Iwo Jima, and
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Dirty
Barnes the unlikely hero of Dak To.
To see
some of our treasures, the disturbing images of the Holocaust, and
Marines walking to the front on Iwo Jima, the charred image of Nagasaki
two weeks after the bombing, and the haunting image of what might be the
last picture taken of the USS Indianapolis, Click Here for the Images &
Audio menu.
This note from the grandson of Herb Carner is typical of the
responses we receive:
“I just personally wanted to thank you for giving our family an
opportunity to forever remember the life and stories of my
Grandfather. If you have not heard he passed away about
four weeks ago very shortly after you talked with him.
Had it not been for your interview much of his life would have
never been documented. He was a quiet guy who kept a
lot of his thoughts and stories to himself, but he really opened up to you
guys. Our family will cherish the tape and it will be
passed on for many generations.”
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Tyler Carner
The
only thing worse than forgetting the sacrifices of the past, would be to
forget those in uniform today. God bless all who serve the cause of
freedom.
To date
we have captured over 360 interviews in 28 states
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Sam Roseberry was 103 years old when we
interviewed him, and still pretty much the kid he was in 1918 when he
was under the fire of Big Bertha. Click here to hear how he won the
War.
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Marine Captain Paul Loftus
was in the first wave to invade Guadalcanal. Cut off from outside supplies and
starving, the Marines and Navy Cub 1 units held on and fought
against bitter odds for six months.
Capt. Virginia McClain spent as much as 72 hours straight in the surgeries of the
front line field hospitals in Europe. One night they found a
land mine under her cot. Her gruesome photos, and solemn description
of Dachau, left a mark on all of
us.
Tuskegee airman Walter Palmer could get
the best out of any fighter. His was a high flying adventure with a
few extra stunts that almost left him grounded. Mr. Palmer was
a spirited and proud gentleman, all of which
he earned. Click to hear his adventures
Joe Elsey grew
up on an Oklahoma oil lease. When he was a teenager, he ran the
projector for a small town movie theatre. He can remember (not
fondly) every word to "Gone with the wind". Joe
served on the USS Rockaway which was part of the great armada at
Normandy.
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