WVIA and The War Web project contest

Each day, the United States loses an estimated 1000 WWII veterans - time is running out to record and archive the acomplishments of this incredible group of people. In conjunction with PBS and Ken Burns' The War, The Library of Congress Veteran's History Project is recruiting individuals to aid in first person story collection and archiving before the stories of these incredible people die with them forever.

Attention High School Students

WVIA would like to enlist your help in archiving the acomplishments of what Tom Brokaw has dubbed "The Greatest Generation" and assist you in your Senior research project! In conjunction with Ken Burns' The War and WVIA's Gino Merli: The Healing Hero, WVIA invites all of you to create a website dedicated to a member of the WWII generation and their contribution to the Allied effort.

WVIA will showcase the winning website from wvia.org and provide a trip to Washington DC for the student, including a tour of the Library of Congress and the Mall where the WWII Memorial is now located.

Regional Storyteller and National Contributor: Through this project, WVIA will act as a collection depot and showcase for the best area WWII stories and student work. All stories, first person interviews and donated material will be sent to the VHP at the LOC via WVIA so you will be a contributor to a national effort to archive the stories of WWII veterans before they have left us. This lends immediacy to the project since the “Greatest Generation” is rapidly diminishing. All students will receive full credit for their work and archiving efforts.