Super Simple Spiritual Sunday #2

Veterans History – Stories From WWII

Do you know a WWII veteran? With this list of links, I hope to encourage you this day to REMEMBER and ponder for just a moment or two, the sacrifices of our men and women in service.

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13

According to recent statistics, we are losing WW II veterans at the rate of 1200 per day. Their experiences are almost unfathomable and are worthy of our time and attention. The sacrifices that they made for their fellowman and for freedom’s sake must never be forgotten.

Do you homeschool your children? Did Grandpa or Grandma serve in the Armed Forces in WWII? This is living history AND family history AT IT’S BEST. Don’t let another moment slip away. They have so much to share and we have so much to learn from them.

I’ve included some of the best links that I could find to assist you in documentation and how to conduct an interview.

In the photo on the left, you can see my very handsome father. I am so thankful for him and proud of him. We have already begun some interviews and I’ve included a very short mp3 segment at the end of the post.

Alot of these men had the opportunity to see the gas chambers and the crematoriums http://www.holocaust-history.org/ but my father did not want to see them. I can understand why.

The crimes against the Jewish people http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/ and against humanity were unthinkable and atrocious.

The Veterans History Project

Help Preserve The History of WWII
http://www.loc.gov/vets/

PBS StoryShare

As part of the community engagement campaign for THE WAR, individual public television stations nationwide are reaching out to a broad range of veterans and their families to capture the stories of World War II.

PBS StoryShare is currently collecting stories in response to Ken Burns’ THE WAR until May 31, 2008

PBS StoryShare is an online story collection tool created by PBS and the National Center for Outreach to allow public television viewers to share personal experiences in response to PBS programming. Viewers are invited to respond to Ken Burn’s THE WAR by sharing stories about WWII through their local PBS affiliate station’s web site.

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/story_share.htm

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/vet_hist_project.htm

Here is another group who are currently collecting WWII stories and accounts;

http://www.thewar100.com/

Here is the home page for the National World War II Museum

http://www.nationalww2museum.org/

Below you will find a link to the Vets to Washington Project. The project is designed to bring WWII veterans to Washington in order to honor them. I’ve included a quote from the web site. I don’t think that I can word it better than they.

http://www.vetstowashington.com/

If you think about the history of the United States of America, we have fought in many wars. All of the wars affected a few countries in one-way or another. World War II, without the contribution of the United States, would have resulted in a world that was ruled by two powers, Germany and Japan, and the annihilation of the Jewish people forever.

The sacrifice of the “Greatest Generation” is what insured the lifestyle and freedom enjoyed today in many countries. They destroyed two dictatorships, brought an end to war overseas, and came home and built a nation that insured our freedom to live as we do.

Somewhere on an island in the pacific, a site of a major battle and the unmarked graves of many Americans, these words are carved on a simple stone monument in memory of those who died there during WW II: “When you go home, go home to your families and say, to insure their tomorrow, we gave our today.”

In His Love,

Dad’s Interview – This is a short segment from an hour long interview.

In this clip my dad is describing his how he entered Belgium on a C47 with the 1ST Army while in the Medics.

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Tags: American Soldiers, Preserving the Past, Veterans History Project, WW2