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Items associated with name 'Veterans History Project'
Thinking and Doing of Wicomico County School Systems World War II Oral History Collection
by Thinking and Doing Program (2013 – 2016)
1 carton (1.15 linear feet)
This collection contains unedited videos with supplementary materials of the Veterans History Project done by Thinking and Doing Program of Wicomico County School Systems. Led by teachers Kelly Hamilton, Amanda Markos, Jen Watson and Kristen Briggs, the project, entitled "Historical Documentaries: Preserving the Past for Future Generations", was conducted by fourth graders. It was honored with the Calcott Award. Veterans interviewed were Emory Homer Adkins, James R. Allen, Frank Augustus Baker, Jr., Richard Stuart Barr, Albert Bowman, Robert W. Cook, Austin Howeth Cox, John William Cragg, Jean K. Hall Dennis, Harvey Lee Dolby, Richard Dowd, Vernon J. Downes, Dab Ganley, George Washington Gering, Jr., Claude Tyler Giles, Frank Benjamin Havens, Lawrence Andrew Hilte, Albert Herman Kessler, Hubert Orland Langrall, Victor H. Laws, Jr., Robert Lynch, Lloyd Goldsborough McAllister, Robert McKenney, Robert G. Miller, Genevieve Miracle, Charles Edward Mowbray, William "Ace" Parker, Mildred Kipp Powers, William Edwin Purnell, Lee Pepper Riggin, Charles J. Ripple Sr., Herman T. Ruth, Jr., John J. Saur, Donald Eugene Schramm, Donald Sewell, Charles Brandford Silvia, William Lee Simpson, Richard Smith, David Stavely, Robert Tawes, Alfred T. Truitt, Jr., and William R. Wainwright.