Veterans History Project

The Niles-Maine District Library, in partnership with the Library of Congress, has established a local Veterans History Project Collection to recognize and record the contributions of our nation’s veterans. These primary documents provide individual accounts of service memoirs during World War II, the Korean War and aftermath, and the Vietnam War.

Listen to more than 60 interviews of local veterans (available only using Firefox at this time) or read the transcripts below.

Veteran Name	Transcript	Searchable	Audio	Location
Albert Aronson	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Albert Dominick (Ralph)	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Allan Schaefer	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army Vietnam - U.S. Army
Anthony Dina	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Arthur Shapiro	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
August Habighurst	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Bernard Warchol	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Bette Horstman	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Charles (Chuck) Theodore Jacobs	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Charles Borowsky	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Navy WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Charles Matz	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Marines
Chester Rogala	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
David (Bud) Besser	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview Part 1 Listen to Interview Part 2 Listen to Interview Part 3	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Dennis Nilsson	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Vietnam - U.S. Army
Don Lewan	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Donald Spitzer	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Edward Hawker	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy Korea - U.S. Navy
Edward Murnane	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Fred Ziegler	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Army
Gary K Warner	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea Homefront - U.S. Army
Harold Horstman	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Hymen Ray	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army WWII Homefront - U.S. Army
Ira Graham	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Irbe Hanson	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Irvin Blaszynski	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Coast Guard WWII Pacific - U.S. Coast Guard
Irving Abramson	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Irwin Williger	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Jack Weinberg	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Jerry Levin	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
John B. Andres Jr.	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Vietnam - U.S. Army
John Bugajsky	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Army
John DeCecco	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
John McCann	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Kenneth Lee	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Navy Korea - U.S. Army
Kenneth Radnitzer	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Marines Korea - U.S. Army
Martha Barsky	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Navy
Martha Shipp	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Cadet Nurse
Martin O'Grady	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Army
Martin Passarella	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Vietnam - U.S. Army
Matthew Potoczek	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Matthew Wojtaszek	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Max Kolpas	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Michael A. Tuscano	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Vietnam - U.S. Marines
Mike Kozyra	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Coast Guard
Niels Larsen	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Army
Norman Berkman	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army Cold War - U.S. Army
Norman Karel	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Orville Skibbe	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Navy
Paul Schneller	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Marines
Peter J. Smith	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Marines
Ralph Friedman	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Army
Ray Marchetta	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview
Richard Rogala	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Navy
Richard Vana	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Marines
Robert Barsky	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Robert Crandall	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Navy WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Robert Morris	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Army Korea - U.S. Army
Roberts Goldberg	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Army Korea - U.S. Army
Roger Salamon	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Homefront - U.S. Army
Rolf Hellman	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army Korea Homefront - U.S. Army
Russell Zapel	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Navy WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Sam Schechter	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Army
Seymour Wachtenheim	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Korea - U.S. Army
Sol Schatz	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Thomas Hill	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
Tom Davidson	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	Vietnam - U.S. Navy
Walter Beusse	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Pacific - U.S. Navy
Walter Tymczuk	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army
William Shipp	View Transcript	Search Transcript	Listen to Interview	WWII Europe - U.S. Army

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