Carroll County in World War II
A University of Georgia Gerontology Seed Grant, this project was conducted in partnership with the Carroll County Historical Society, the Carroll County Senior Center, the Bowdon Senior Center, and the Tallapoosa Senior Center. Graduate student Joe Meeler conducted interviews with Carroll County senior citizens to document their experiences in World War II. Interviewees included white and African-American soldiers and defense plant workers as well as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps and an airman who fought in the China-Burma-India Theatre of Operations. (At left, a Japanese submarine in Bremen, Georgia)

Library of Congress Veterans History Project
The Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia is a partner with the Veterans History Project, an initiative created by Congress in 2000 and managed by the Library of Congress. Volunteers from across the United States, including veterans and military organizations, libraries, archives, museums, oral history programs, universities and civic organizations collect and preserve stories of wartime service in the military and civilian life. The Center for Public History has been actively interviewing and documenting the wartime experiences of West Georgia residents since 2004. (At left, Lt. William Mitchell and his B-17 crew)

Voices Across Time
In 2004, the Center for Public History created the “Voices Across Time” exhibit which displays the work of nine youths who completed community service by interviewing veterans of World War II and Vietnam and has been displayed throughout the West Georgia region. This collection includes photographs, biographies, and original interviews stored on cassette tapes in the Center for Public History's Oral History Cassette Collection. (At left, Sergeant Hugh Young as a POW in Germany, World War II)