{"id":2334,"date":"2012-08-22T02:11:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T02:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/?page_id=2334"},"modified":"2012-08-22T02:11:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T02:11:21","slug":"veterans-history-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/?page_id=2334","title":{"rendered":"Veterans History Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span class=\"text-icon info\">To view <strong>Eric Gier&#8217;s Veterans History Project<\/strong> which has been posted at the Library of Congress, view this link:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lcweb2.loc.gov\/diglib\/vhp\/search?query=eric+gier\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lcweb2.loc.gov\/diglib\/vhp\/search?query=eric+gier\" title=\"Eric Gier's Veterans History Project Posted at the Library of Congress\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/lcweb2.loc.gov\/diglib\/vhp\/search?query=eric+gier<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"notice\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/vets\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Veterans History Project\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-2323\" style=\"margin: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"vets-title\" src=\"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/vets-title.jpg\" title=\"Veterans History Project\" height=\"73\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The mission of the Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center is to collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"right\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/vets\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Veterans History Project\">Click here for Veterans History Project<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h4>Purpose of Veterans History Project:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"triangle blue\">\n<li>Collects, preserve and makes accessible personal war accounts for future generations.<\/li>\n<li>Stories collected through audio-video tape interviews,&nbsp;letters, postcards, memoirs, journals, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h4>Veteran Profiles for&nbsp;United States Veterans from:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"triangle blue\">\n<li>World War I (1914-1920)<\/li>\n<li>World War ll (1938-1945)<\/li>\n<li>Korean War (1950-1955)<\/li>\n<li>Vietnam War (1961-1975)<\/li>\n<li>Persian Gulf War (1990-1995)<\/li>\n<li>Iraq-Afghanistan (2001- present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Started by US Congress:<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"triangle blue\">\n<li>Veteran History Project was created by United States Congress in 2000<\/li>\n<li>October 27, 2000 President Bill Clinton signed VA Project into law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>{besps}vhp{\/besps}<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/veterans-tribute.mango-wp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/veterans-history-project-brochure-august2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-2333\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; 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