Ranked #1
Vietnam Veterans Collections Initiative Kick-off
Vietnam Veterans Collections Initiative Kick-off
Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET/PBS), Senator Chuck Hagel and his brother, Professor Tom Hagel, donate hour... Read more
6 Jan 2012
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38mins
Ranked #2
Augustus Prince
Augustus Prince
It was a small moment in a brief military career in a world war filled with large and momentous events. But sixty years ... Read more
12 Jul 2011
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40mins
Ranked #3
Catherine V. Vail Bridge
Catherine V. Vail Bridge
Catherine Vail got her first taste for flying on a teen date with a boyfriend, who had a pilot take them for a ride in a... Read more
12 Jul 2011
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59mins
Ranked #4
Keith M. Little
Keith M. Little
After a hardscrabble upbringing, Keith Little was determined to contribute to the war effort when he learned about the a... Read more
12 Jul 2011
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1hr 47mins
Ranked #5
Chuck Hagel (part 1 of 2)
Chuck Hagel (part 1 of 2)
Chuck Hagel, Nebraska's senior U.S. Senator, served in Vietnam with his brother Tom in 1968. During the worst year of th... Read more
22 Jun 2011
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47mins
Ranked #6
Arthur Guerrero
Arthur Guerrero
Arthur Guerrero arrived in Vietnam in September 1966, and on his first mission in the field, he saw the man next to him ... Read more
6 Jul 2011
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1hr 30mins
Ranked #7
James Dorris (part 3 of 3)
James Dorris (part 3 of 3)
James Dorris came late to the European Theater in World War II, but he wasn't spared one of the most horrifying experien... Read more
5 Jul 2011
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29mins
Ranked #8
Norman Ikari (part 2 of 2)
Norman Ikari (part 2 of 2)
The demands and pressures placed on young Japanese American men who served their country during World War II while their... Read more
24 Jun 2011
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56mins
Ranked #9
Rhonda Cornum (Part 2 of 2)
Rhonda Cornum (Part 2 of 2)
In a conflict as brief and lopsided as the Persian Gulf War, it may be surprising that there were actually American pris... Read more
22 Jun 2011
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52mins
Ranked #10
Women in the Persian Gulf War
Women in the Persian Gulf War
The Library's Veterans History Project commemorated Women's History Month with a landmark panel discussion on the contri... Read more
9 Jul 2012
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59mins
Ranked #11
James Dorris (part 2 of 3)
James Dorris (part 2 of 3)
James Dorris came late to the European Theater in World War II, but he wasn't spared one of the most horrifying experien... Read more
5 Jul 2011
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30mins
Ranked #12
James Dorris (part 1 of 3)
James Dorris (part 1 of 3)
James Dorris came late to the European Theater in World War II, but he wasn't spared one of the most horrifying experien... Read more
5 Jul 2011
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27mins
Ranked #13
Donald Patrick Finn
Donald Patrick Finn
By the end of World War II, Donald Patrick Finn, who served in the Navy in the Pacific Theater, could say he nearly saw ... Read more
12 Jul 2011
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36mins
Ranked #14
Marion Anna Steinhilber
Marion Anna Steinhilber
Working in Buffalo, New York's Mercy Hospital in the fall of 1943, Marion Stenhilber was persuaded by a friend to visit ... Read more
12 Jul 2011
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49mins
Ranked #15
Cookie Avvampato
Cookie Avvampato
Three months after Cookie Avvampato, a professional nurse with two late-teen children, joined the Air Force Reserves, sh... Read more
12 Jul 2011
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38mins