World War II Oral History
by Aaron Elsonin 💾 History
World War II Oral History
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I discuss the themes and lessons of WW2 based on my hundreds of hours of recorded interviews and conversations with World War II veterans.
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About Aaron Elson
In 1997 I went to a reunion of my father's tank battalion from World War 2. I was so moved by the stories the veterans shared among themselves, yet rarely told their families, that I returned with a tape recorder. The rest is history. Oral history.
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