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Scope and content: The Persian Gulf War series of the Veterans History Project Collection includes materials relating to Nashville area residents and veterans who served in the military or supported the war effort as civilians. This series includes items relating to both Operation Desert Shield (1990) and Operation Desert Storm (1991) and the liberation of Kuwait. Many individuals served in the military prior to or after this conflict, and their interviews...
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Scope and content: Oral histories from veterans who served in the wars in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom), which were initiated in the wake of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and collectively known as "The War on Terrorism." Materials (as of August 2014) primarily consist of oral histories. Further details about interview contents can be obtained by consulting the "Summaries" finding aid for the...
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Scope and content: Materials in the collection include letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, unit histories and unit newsletters, photographs, videocassettes, oral interviews and transcripts, maps, and publications. These materials include some photocopies. As stated in the enabling Federal legislation, the scope of the project concerns individuals' participation in the military or as civilians during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian...
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Scope and content: Materials in this series include interviews and items relating to individuals who served during peacetime or during periods of conflict other than those wars specified by the Library of Congress in their Veterans History Project. As a general rule, items for this series were not directly solicited, but rather were added to the project in the course of gathering materials and interviews for other segments. Note that individuals who...
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Scope and content: Materials include letters, photographs, and one oral interview with transcript. These materials include some photocopies. The World War I Series of the Veterans History Project Collection includes materials relating to Nashville residents who served in the military during this conflict. Some materials acquired early in the project came from several areas outside of Davidson County, including Carthage, Kelso, and White Pine.
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Scope and content: Materials include letters, photographs, oral interviews and transcripts, military records, excerpts from scrapbooks, and one videocassette. These materials include some photocopies. The Korean War Series of the Veterans History Project Collection includes materials relating to Nashville residents and veterans who served in the military during this conflict. Contents are also useful for examination of the Cold War era, as not all...
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Scope and content: Materials include oral interviews, occasionally supported by military documents, photographs, or other related materials. Some items are photocopies. The Vietnam War Series of the Veterans History Project Collection includes materials relating to Nashville area residents and veterans who served in the military or supported the war effort as civilians. Contents are also useful for examination of the Cold War era, as not all individuals...
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Scope and content: Materials include letters, memoirs, scrapbooks, unit histories and unit newsletters, photographs, oral interviews and transcripts, maps, and publications. These materials include some photocopies. The World War II Series of the Veterans History Project Collection emphasizes the participation of Nashville area citizens in the war effort, in both military and civilian capacities. Some materials acquired early in the project came from...
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