LibGuides: Veterans: Open Access

Veterans History Project

From the Library of Congress

Experiencing War: Buddies
Experiencing War: Family Ties
Experiencing War: Life-Altering Moments
Experiencing War: Sweethearts
Experiencing War: World War II Veterans with Stories
How to Participate in the Project (Tell Your Story)
Veterans History Day Book
Veterans History Project
Experiencing War: All Themes

Veterans Day

Veterans Day, November 11
Enacted by Congress on June 4, 1926: "WHEREAS the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals..."

History.com: Veterans Day
Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs: History of the Veterans Day National Committee
Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs: Veterans Day

History of Veterans Day

Pew Research: War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era

From Pew Research (7:10). Read the full report.

Panel Discussion: War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era (28:56)
Comments on War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era (4:54)
Slideshow: War and Sacrifice in the Post-9/11 Era (7:09)

Featured Open Access

Brigham Young University: World War I Document Archive
Brown University: What did you do in the war, Grandma?
Military Women Veterans
National Archives: Veterans' Service Records
PBS American Experience: Battle of the Bulge Vets Remember: Ed Stewart
PBS American Experience: Battle of the Bulge Vets Remember: H.W.O. Kinnard
PBS American Experience: D-Day Special Features
PBS American Experience: Fly Girls: A WASP Among Eagles: A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II
PBS American Experience: Return With Honor Gallery (Vietnam)
PBS American Experience: Return With Honor Special Features (Vietnam)
PBS FRONTLINE: The Gulf War War Stories
Veterans Affairs History