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sioner of the Georgia Department of ing that people really want to hear these Veterans Affairs, a flag-raising ceremony, stories.” and a keynote speech by Brig. Gen. John The campaign has turned out close King of the Georgia National Guard. to a dozen World War II interviews this The 1-acre plaza features the stories year alone, most recently a 92-year-old and oral history of veterans on a series B17 ball turret gunner. of panels, each containing a QR code – VerHoef emphasized that the center compatible with any smartphone – alis interested in all war stories from veterlowing visitors to access video files of ans, from the front lines of battle to the veterans sharing their personal reflecsupply depot. tions. “Almost to a man, or a woman, The oral history studio, now equipped they’ll say ‘I didn’t do anything imporwith wired, lavaliered microphones and tant,’” VerHoef said. “We have the best state-of-the-art digital cameras, is genluck convincing their families, who erally operated by three people: Verknow that they did.” Hoef, who runs the lighting, camera and The lion’s share of the interviews are sound; a scribe, who fills out the recordfrom veterans in greater metro Atlaning log that goes to the Library of Conta and north Georgia, VerHoef said. A gress; and an interviewer. Joe Bruckner is one of the chief interviewers. As a Vietnam veteran and U.S. Army captain who was awarded the Bronze Star, Bruckner has gone through the process himself. “Every time we finish an interview, I feel good that this person has had a chance to tell his or her story,” Bruckner said. “Invariably, a lot of them had to be pushed into it by their family.” Sometimes, Bruckner said, emotions run so high, it is difficult to maintain a degree of professionalism as an interviewer. “A lot of times, it’s a pretty emotional experience, and a lot of times, there’s some humor in it, too,” he said. “I tell myself I can’t show emotion…but the interviewee needs to know you are JOE EARLE with him emotionally.” Sue VerHoef heads the Oral History With assistance from the LiProject for the Kenan Research Center, brary of Congress and Storypart of the Atlanta History Center. Corps, a New York-based nonprofit founded in 2003, the Kenan Research Center is one of 45 orhandful are with veterans from other ganizations in Georgia and one of thouparts of the country who either grew up sands across the country collecting vetin Georgia or trained here. erans’ stories. The project is special to VerHoef, While the Center is beginning to whose grandfather, father and deceased broaden its collection to include Iraq husband served in the military. and Afghanistan war veterans, VerHoef “I love these guys,” she told a recent said the main push remains recruiting gathering of the Atlanta Vietnam VetWorld War II veterans to share their stoerans Business Association. “They’re all ries. gone now, all three of them. I would “Every World War II vet we intergive anything to hear their voices again, view, we always ask for suggestions for telling me what they did, explaining the others that they may know,” she said. small part they played in the defense of “Their families in particular are realizthis great country.”
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