Oral Histories

Oral Histories

Veteran portrait The Voices of Iowa Oral History Project is an innovative approach to the collection, display, and preservation of our history. The compilation of personal stories in a digital format provides material that is relevant to a modern generation of users. In addition to the historical chronology, the process captures the personal emotion and interpretation of an event, giving it meaning beyond the printed word or image. We have been collecting oral histories from Iowa veterans since 2003 for use in exhibits, educational programming, and promotional activities. Currently, we have over 1600 interviews from 70 counties that are available to the public in our library. It is one of the largest veteran collections of interviews conducted by a single institution in the nation.

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Video Description	Service Branch	Rank	Specialty or Rate
Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1965 to 1967		Jeep Mechanic
Richard L Wobst Medic under fire Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1966 to 1968	[E-5]	Combat Medic
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Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Air Force 1950 to 1981	Technical Sergeant (TSGT) [E-6]	748 Flight Engine B17
Gary L Wood Navy Vet on a close call aboard his ship off Vietnam Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Navy 1966 to 1970	Third Class Petty Officer [E-4]	Boilerman (BT)
Order an Interview DVD	Civilian
Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army	Private First Class (PFC) [E-3]
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Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1943 to 1945	Staff Sergeant [E-6]
Charles G Wright Army Vet on the first time someone called "medic" in Vietnam Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1966 to 1968	Specialist 4 [E-4]	Combat Medic
Charles Edward Wubbena Navy Vet aboard the "Chemung" on barbering skills off the coast of Vietnam Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Navy 1966 to 1968	Third Class Petty Officer [E-4]	Ship's Serviceman
Bryan Wunder 22 year Navy Vet on a flight deck incident on the "USS Forrestal" in 1969 Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Navy 1978 to 1996	First Class Petty Officer [E-6]	Seabees
Richard A Yantis Army Vet arrived in-county the day before the 1968 "Tet" and was given this advice Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1966 to 1969	Captain [O-3]	Aircraft Maintenance Officer
Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Navy 1950 to 1952	Lieutenant [O-3]
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Herbert Youngbear Finishing Highschool Order an Interview DVD
Wilfred F Yuska Army Vet recalls the last days of the Vietnam War Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1970 to 1972	Sergeant [E-5]	Hq 12Th Signal Corp Messenger And Distribution
Paul Zaiser Taking your dog tags during detail Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Army 1946 to 1952		Cook
William Ziegler Navigator in the US Coast Guard Order an Interview DVD	U.S. Coast Guard

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