Military History

Collecting the accounts of World War II veterans is important because of the significant impact of that conflict on the twentieth century and because of the advancing age of the generation involved. The Southwest Collection recently arranged to serve as the repository for the state wide chapter records of the American Ex-Prisoners of War. The field staff is also collecting numerous interviews and manuscript collections from members of the organization. Other veterans groups as well as men and women affected by the war at home and abroad are encouraged to provide their accounts so that we may broadly document this important period in history.