# US Library of Congress Seeking Oral Histories of Vets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 18, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484 "2002-12-18T04:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484/1 "2002-12-18T04:27:13Z")

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The US Library of Congress wants to hear from veterans of _any_ war. They’re working on creating a massive library of oral histories of vets (and civilians who worked for the US military during wartime), so that future generations can have a better understanding of what the men and women who served our country had to endure. You can find guidlines for how to help with this project [here](http://www.loc.gov/folklife/vets/).

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484/2 "2002-12-21T13:40:09Z")

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_Bump_ in case any of our weekend Dopers missed this.

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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484/3 "2002-12-21T22:58:32Z")

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Yeah, I’m doin this.

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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484/4 "2002-12-22T04:08:09Z")

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This is a wonderful thing. I’m going to contribute both of my grandfather’s stories.

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**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484/5 "2002-12-22T04:30:47Z")

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Is the History Channel still aksing for copies of letters sent home from war? I think it was called the “Save Our History” project. Wasn’t it in conjunction with the LOC?

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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-library-of-congress-seeking-oral-histories-of-vets/143484/6 "2003-01-05T06:59:20Z")

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_bump_  
You may be wondering why.