Voices of War: Stories of Service
from the Home Front and the Front
Lines by The Library Of Congress
A Compelling History Covering The Wars Of The 20Th Century
The experience of war has affected every generation in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries, and every soldier has a story to tell. Since the year
2000, the Veterans History Project, a new permanent department of the
Library of Congress, has been collecting and preserving the memories of
veterans. In addition to more than 50,000 recorded oral histories, the
Veterans History Project has amassed thousands of letters, photographs,
scrapbooks, and invaluable mementos from nearly a century of warfare.
In the first book to showcase the richness and depth of this collection,
Voices of War tells a compelling, emotional, history of the experience of
war, weaving together veterans stories from in World Wars I and II, Korea,
Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. The stories are organized thematically into

sections-from signing up to coming home, generations of veterans recall
individual experiences that together tell the extraordinary story of America
at war. Letters, photographs, sketches and paintings enrich the compelling
oral history.
Voices of War is sure to provoke memories and reflection and truly honor
the sacrifices made by millions of veterans who have fought to defend our
freedom.
Introduction by former Senator Max Cleland and an Afterword by Senator
Chuck Hagel, both of whom are Vietnam veterans.
Personal Review: Voices of War: Stories of Service from the
Home Front and the Front Lines by The Library Of Congress
VOICES OF WAR is the product of the Veterans History Project form the
Library of Congress. It is a book of letters, notes, memoirs, paintings,
drawings, photographs, and other memorabilia from World War I through
World War II through the Korean War through the Vietnam War to the
Persian Gulf War. The quality of paper is the highest obtainable for books,
the photograph and art reproductions are superb, and the graphic layout of
the letters and memos and interviews are excellent. So as a book it ranks
as an Art book.
But that is only the superficial gloss that binds this body of thoughts that
have survived a century of warfare. Here are the responses of men and
women who volunteered or were drafted, the families and sweethearts left
on American soil to keep vigil for those who would return and those who
would not. Images of entertainers such as Bob Hope and Martha Raye
and the countless others who brought some sense of credibility to the
'cause' worth fighting for are juxtaposed with photos of buddies, of
backhome families, and with posters and paintings that accompanied
those wars.
The most impressive portion of this book is the interviews conducted by
volunteers, young men and women who listened and recorded countless
hours of reminiscences from veterans, nurses, families - the spectrum of
those stamped with wars' tattoos. Some read as though script for Audie
Murphy films: some read with hidden pain and permanent wounds like
those of British poet Wilfrid Owen.
And in the end this book simply bears witness to the horror of the history of
WAR. How timely for this book to arrive on the shelves when yet again we
as a nation that should have learned from history are capturing more
material for, unfortunately, another volume. When will we learn? Perhaps

if everyone reads this excellent book, there may be hope. Grady Harp,
Veterans' Day 2004
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