The goals of

the program are to stimulate public learning through participation by

interviewing veterans, preserving stories/documents using the Library

of Congress's resources, expanding the national archives of veterans history

and creating a national catalog of oral histories to include documents

collected as a result of this project.

Col. Doug Pearson,

the senior aerospace science instructor at Sandy Creek, says the Veterans

History Project will remain an active and ongoing program as part of the

high school's Air Force Junior ROTC.

"This

is a great opportunity for our youth to link up with a local veteran,

or a veteran in the family, and talk about their experiences. It's an

excellent way for these high school students to learn some history, for

the veterans to know their efforts are appreciated, and to archive these

individual stories in the Library of Congress," he said.

The cadets

who participated conducted taped (audio or video) interviews using questions

provided by the Veterans History Project. These taped interviews, along

with any documents, were sent to the Library of Congress.

This program

is available to war veterans and those who served to support them in World

War I, World War II, the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars. Anyone

who would like to participate and have their oral histories/documents

archived can contact Pearson at the Sandy Creek High School Air Force

Junior ROTC program (770-969-2840, ext. 278).