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VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT
The Sterling Heights Historical Commission is participating
in the Veterans History Project. The project collects first person
accounts of military service in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam,
Cold War and Persian
Gulf Conflicts. The veterans are interviewed on DVD-R video and the
videos are archived
in the national Library of Congress and cataloged. They are
available for viewing by the public and online from the LoC. The Sterling
Heights video interviews are also
available online from the Sterling Heights Public Library at
http://www.shpl.net/SHHCVeterans.html or
http://www.sterling-heights.net
, drop down SHTV On-Demand, and go to the Veterans History Project folder.
The following Sterling Heights veterans have participated in
the project. To view the Information Collection on each Veteran at the
Library of Congress, click on their name to link directly to the Library of Congress. To return, use the return
button from your Internet browser. To view the Sterling Heights Public
Library video, click on SHPL Video after their name.
If you are interested in participating, please call the
Sterling Heights Public Library at (586) 446-2640.
| LoC
Veterans Information |
Conflict |
Sterling
Heights PL Video |
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Belfiori, Carl
J. |
Korea |
SHPL Video |
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Day, James
Albert |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Gimpert, John |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Hanjian, John
A. |
Vietnam |
SHPL Video |
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Harvey, Douglas
Jack |
World War II |
Video:
Part 1
Part 2 |
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Kanyusik, Stephen
Edward |
World War II &
Korea |
Video:
Part 1
Part 2 |
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Kerney, George
Thomas |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Kotowski,
Chester F. |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Layne, Delmar |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Libecki, Arthur
P. |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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McCarthy, James
E. |
Korea |
SHPL Video |
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Miller, Eric |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Mauchline,
James Robert |
Vietnam |
SHPL Video |
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Saenz, Jr.,
Lawrence |
Vietnam |
SHPL Video |
| Schroat, Martin
(not available on Library of Congress site) |
Korea |
SHPL Video |
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Smith, Paul M. |
Vietnam |
Video:
Part 1
Part 2 |
| Velasco, Robert A., Jr.
(not available on Library of Congress site) |
U.S. Air National Guard |
SHPL Video |
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Walsh, Martin
J. |
World War II |
SHPL Video |
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Lawrence Saenz Jr. is in the Library of Congress Veterans
History Project featured interviews titled Disabled Veterans:
The Unhealed Wounds. You can link to the feature story at
http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-disabledvets.html
If you are interested in participating, please call the Sterling Heights
Public Library at 586-446-2640 or stop by to register. You must be a
current resident of Sterling Heights to take part in this local project.
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The Sterling Heights Historical
Commission is participating in the Veterans History Project. Local veterans
from World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf
wars are invited to contact the library at (586) 446-2640 for more
information or to register. You must be a current resident of Sterling
Heights to take part in this local project.
There will be a 45-90
minute video recorded interview with each participant. These video interviews will be added
to the library’s archives and are available online. Veterans are encouraged to
bring Medals, Citations, mementos, letters and photographs that help tell their story. The library will
make copies of any photographs or letters and return the originals. Don’t
wait, call today and schedule an appointment at 586-446-2640. |
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Last updated:
May 09, 2011
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