I thank you, veterans of World War II.
D-Day veterans, your service to our country was one of the most dangerous jobs of WWII. On June 6 we all remembered you and the rest of our aging WWII veterans.
But, by Sunday, did we all forget? There is a way to remember our veterans in the future. They can record their stories as permanent records for the future through The Veterans History Project. All veterans, including D-Day vets, should have their account recorded for The Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress.
All of us need to find our veterans and get their story as a visual, recorded and documented record to the Library of Congress now.
Interview your veteran on a digital video camcorder or least in their own words an audio recording. Our WWII veterans will be gone soon and some will only have been noted in some old newspaper articles.
And 100 years from now our descendants will appreciate that we did this for our present WWII veterans.
The VHP is there willing to help with a step-by-step process on how to conduct an audio/visual interview with your veteran.
For more information on The Veterans History Project, visit www.loc.gov/vets.
Michael Deskins
Marysville
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