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Welcome
The Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project was formed to capture the stories of ALL war time American veterans; WWII, the wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our primary mission is to collect, document and preserve the personal experiences of U.S. wartime veterans, as well as home front workers and volunteers who supported the war effort. Our objective is to honor their service and share their stories with current and future generations, historians and equally important, the veteran’s family members. Veterans stories are documented via in-home video recorded interviews or taped presentations at monthly Roundtable public meetings (except July, August and December). These meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month at the Lehigh Valley Active Life Center, 1633 Elm Street, Allentown, PA. The Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project works in conjunction with the National Veterans History Project which is sponsored by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. All video taped interviews, public or private, are submitted to the Library of Congress which are then carefully stored and maintained in keeping with professional archival practices. This material is made available at the Library of Congress, and eventually on line, for use by researchers, educators, historians and family members. Biographical and service information can be viewed on the Library of Congress website: www.loc.gov/vets. Moreover, arrangements can also be made to register WWII veteran’s name, wartime photograph, decorations and theatre(s) of operation at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
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Attention WAR TIME Veterans!
What happens to history when those
who lived it can no longer tell their stories?
Of the 16,112,566 Americans who served in World War II, fewer than 389,292 remain alive as of 2019. Statistically, we are losing 852 of these brave and honorable men and women every day. As we move toward the day when not a single WWII participant remains alive to tell his or her story, we will lose a large part of our culture and the first hand experiences of what has been deemed the Greatest Generation. Who can doubt that this loss will be extremely profound. As the generation passes on, so does the living memory of a world calamity that claimed 60 million lives.
LVVHP is a PA registered non-profit organization #4005062. We are also a 501c(3) organization as of December 2019, which means your donations are tax deductible.
If you would like to help fund LVVHP’s ongoing mission to collect wartime veteran stories and our honor bus trips to Washington, D.C., please make check payable to "LVVHP."
Please send $$ donations to: Mike Sewards
204 S. 17th Street
Allentown PA 18104
If you would like to help fund LVVHP’s ongoing mission to collect wartime veteran stories and our honor bus trips to Washington, D.C., please make check payable to "LVVHP."
Please send $$ donations to: Mike Sewards
204 S. 17th Street
Allentown PA 18104
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Meeting Place:
Lehigh Valley Active Life
(formerly Lehigh County Senior Center)
1633 Elm Street
Allentown PA |
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LINKS to web pages for LV Veterans History Project:
ARMY Medals: https://veteranmedals.army.mil/awardg&d.nsf/Medal%20Home?OpenFrameSet&Frame=Medal%20Home&Src=%2Fawardg%26d.nsf%2Fopener!OpenPage%26AutoFramed
NAVY Medals: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/uniforms/uniformregulations/Pages/Medals.aspx
MARINE Medals: http://www.marines.mil/Marines/CombatAwards.aspx
AIR FORCE Medals: http://www.afpc.af.mil/library/awards/
COAST GUARD Medals: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard
US ARMY & AIR NATIONAL GUARD Medals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_National_Guard
VA: http://www.va.gov/
Social Security: http://www.ssa.gov/
US Military Daily News: http://www.military.com/daily-news/
US Army: http://www.army.mil/
US Navy: http://www.navy.com/
US Marines: http://www.marines.mil/
US Air Force: http://www.airforce.com/
US Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/
US Army National Guard: https://www.nationalguard.com/
US Air National Guard: http://www.ang.af.mil/
US Dept. of Defense Home Page: http://www.defense.gov/
Witness to War (national website similar to our group’s purpose): http://www.witnesstowar.org
Central Pennsylvania WWII Rountable: http://www.centralpaww2roundtable.org
Veterans Affairs Benefits Book: http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/benefits_book.asp
PA Veterans Affairs PORTAL: https://register.dmva.pa.gov
National World War II Museum (New Orleans): www.nationalww2museum.org/
