Home : News : Ohio :

Photo

Midwest News

Fully stocked fallout shelter uncovered

A piece of Cold War history is on display in Wisconsin. WLUK-TV…

Less snow, more blizzards: Global warming suspected

Global warming changing snow patterns?

With scant snowfall and barren ski slopes in parts of the …

'Tatted up': Sport of curling is getting younger

'Tatted up': Curling is getting younger

Chris Plys, who hopes to qualify for the Olympics in curling, …

Wind leaves open water, ice shoves

Mary Southard says it took just minutes for tons of ice to pile…

Regatta draws hundreds to Dayton

With just a little direction teams from the Midwest were ready …

Sharing veteran's WWII stories

Updated: Saturday, 23 Jun 2012, 7:07 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 23 Jun 2012, 7:07 PM EDT

CINCINNATI (AP) - Ohioans from the World War II era are being asked to share their memories of surviving the tumultuous 1940s in a project that state officials hope will provide valuable lessons for other generations.

Ohio's aging and veterans services departments are working together on the War Era Story Project that has drawn some national interest. It will gather personal recollections from military veterans and civilians about life during the war and the recovery years that followed as the decade drew to a close.

Contributors will describe dealing with the challenges of that time through written accounts or videos submitted to the Ohio Department of Aging by July 31.

Excerpts will be posted on the department's website around Veteran's Day with full stories featured in its free email newsletter.

Comments

With WDTN.com's new commenting system you don't need to register. You can login with an existing Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, or Twitter account and more.