Account Quote by Rick Atkinson

By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W.…

— Spencer Bachus

In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage,…

— Hiromu Arakawa

The Veteran's History Project, a nationwide volunteer effort to collect oral histories from America's war veterans, provides an avenue to do just that. Now…

— Spencer Bachus

As well as remembering the service of the non-white soldiers and auxiliaries of the first world war, we have also to remember what happened…

— David Olusoga

My father served as an Army doctor in West Germany in the late '50s and early '60s. As a result, he and my mother…

— Greg Iles

History is often not what actually happened but what is recorded as such.

— Henry L. Stimson

Fifty years would seem to be time enough to prepare a definitive history of the Second World War. In an age of instant data-gathering,…

— Norman Davies

“these years later and from stirring it up I started having dreams again about the combat, only the dreams were all mixed in with…

— Charles Brandt

Mere recording of an event will not make it a historical document. It will become obsolete with time. Only those that emotionally connect with…

— Ilaiyaraaja

I find period pieces really difficult to get my head around. How can we know what it must have been like to be in…

— Diane Kruger

Records have always been the most extraordinary form of time travel for me, and that's why it matters to know when something was circulated,…

— David Grubbs

I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.

— George McGovern