The Bloody 100th and John "Lucky" Luckadoo
100 year-old World War II veteran John “Lucky” Luckadoo, discussed his time as a bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force, when he flew 25 combat missions over France and Germany. This event took p…
1,793 views100 year-old World War II veteran John “Lucky” Luckadoo, discussed his time as a bomber pilot in the 8th Air Force, when he flew 25 combat missions over France and Germany. This event took p…
1,793 viewsIn his annual address, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson spoke about the agency’s goals. He was joined by several agency officials.
103 viewsAuthor Samuel Freedman explored Hubert Humphrey’s early political career and his advocacy for civil rights at the 1948 Democratic National Convention. Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washing…
153 viewsOn International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023, Holocaust survivors shared their stories at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
354 viewsThe World War II correspondence between Richard and Patricia Nixon - he serving with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and she part of the war effort in San Francisco - recently was made pu…
116 viewsVirginia Lee Dornheggen recounted her time as a U.S. Army nurse during the Vietnam War. She described injuries she treated, the night the hospital came under fire, and the job’s impact on he…
1,725 viewsWorld War II veteran David Roderick talked about landing on Utah Beach on D-Day - June 6, 1944 - and the casualties in the following days. He also reflected on liberating Paris on August 25,…
2,964 viewsThe Korean War began on June 25, 1950, and ended with an armistice agreement about three years later in July 1953. The Korean War Legacy Foundation recorded this oral history interview with …
1,024 viewsPresident Richard Nixon’s firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the bala…
607 viewsRichard Todd talked about his service in the U.S. Army National Guard during Operation Iraqi Freedom as well as his time in Afghanistan. This interview is from the Veterans History Project a…
303 viewsMichael Schlitz recounted his time in the U.S. Army during the Iraq War. He described his deployment to Iraq following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the day his vehicle was hit b…
407 viewsThe Korean War began on June 25, 1950, and ended on July 27, 1953. In this oral history interview, veteran Allen Clark talked about his experience serving two tours in Korea with the U.S. Ma…
1,116 viewsThis 1959 U.S. Army report described the end of the Korean War, including Brigadier General S.L.A. Marshall’s assessment of the war and its effect on future army training. Reel America is an…
269 viewsAuthor H.H. Leonards discussed civil rights activist Rosa Parks during the time she lived in Washington, D.C. The Rosa Parks Museum at Troy University in Alabama hosted this event.
246 viewsJournalist and author Clay Risen discussed President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 civil rights address and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
793 viewsSenate associate historian Katherine Scott discussed the history and legacy of the Watergate hearings, which happened in the Senate 50 years ago.
706 viewsWorld War II French resistance member Nicole Spangenberg discussed life under Nazi German occupation and how and why she chose to fight back. She also discussed the role of other famous fema…
418 viewsJoseph Galloway was a correspondent for United Press International during the Vietnam War. He described his time in the war zone including his first day in country. In 1998, Mr. Galloway rec…
2,336 viewsWally Funk was interviewed about her life and career. In 1961, Mary Wallace Funk volunteered for the “Women in Space” Program. A group of women went to the Lovelace Clinic, where the Merc…
2,631 viewsFormer U.S. Representative Susan Molinari served from 1990 to 1997 as a Republican from New York. In this interview she talked about her experience as the daughter of U.S. Representative Guy…
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