SCSU Hosts Veterans Stories, Veteran’s Day Program

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) - Just in time for Veteran’s Day, St. Cloud State University has made the oral histories of over 100 World War Two veterans available online.

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University Archives has uploaded 112 oral histories from World War Two Central Minnesota veterans.

Each history includes an audio recording with a transcript, a short biography of the veteran, and a written summary of the interview.  All of the interviews were done in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Interviews include first-hand accounts of Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Bulge, and landing in France on D-Day.

In addition, SCSU is hosting a Veteran’s Day Program and Social on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in the Atwood Memorial Center Voyageur Room.

If you go:

St. Cloud State University Veteran’s Day Program and Social

Thursday, November 9th – 1:00 p.m.

Atwood Memorial Center – Voyageur Room

 For more information on the histories, find the details here.

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