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The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects,
preserves, and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military
veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and
peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from
veterans and better understand what they saw, did, and felt during their
service. VHP welcomes collections from or about veterans who served in the
U.S. military, in any capacity, from World War I to the more recent
conflicts and peacekeeping missions, regardless of branch or rank, and
are no longer serving.
Under the Gold Star Families Voices Act, VHP also accepts oral histories
by immediate family members (parent, spouse, sibling, or child) of "members
of the Armed Forces who died as a result of their service during a period
of war." Due to the sensitive nature of the Gold Star oral histories, VHP
requires a minimum age of 18 for both the interviewers and the interviewees.
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