Posted on 11/11/2016 6:44:20 AM PST by Gamecock
This morning I attended the 8th Annual Veterans Day Breakfast hosted by the President of the University of South Carolina. It was a great event with probably 600 people in attendance.
One of the speakers was the Dean of University Libraries who told us that the University is the recipient of 10,000 reels of film from Quantico chronicling the Marine Corps in the 20th Century. Snippets of film we saw included scenes from Boot Camp, WWII, Vietnam and many other clips.
The University has the films safely archived but they want to do more than that! The vision is to digitize all of the movies and put them on line for people to access at no charge.
That being said, this will cost money and USC is having a drive to raise the funds to do just that. If you are interested in contributing, or just learning more, here the is the link with all of the information.
Here are a couple sample videos: Marines cross Soyang-gang River--edited
Marines at Khe Sahn--edited
As a retired Soldier I am excited that this is being done and will be opening my check book to honor my friends from the Marine Corps.
Oh. Happy Veterans Day!
AYE AYE, SIR!
Pinging ALL my lists!
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On a related note, the short histories of Pacific Campaigns and Battles commissioned by the Marine Corps are available free at Project Gutenberg and are quite worthwhile.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/World_War_II_(Bookshelf)#Pacific_Campaigns_and_Battles
Plus it bumps a worthwhile thread.
Thanks for the ping Red Badger! Honorable Veteran’s Day to all.
Happy belated Birthday USMC!!!
I have a question for all of you out there.... my dad, a Marine in World War twice, sat down for a family video interview a few months before he passed. Where would be the best place to submit that interview?
He opened up to us for the first time in his life about what he did in the war, and where he did it. We believe it should be preserved as a tiny thread to the history of that war, this nation, and our US marines.
Thanks - and thank all of you who have served
Perhaps the WWII museum in New Orleans?
Thanks for the ping. What a great thing they are doing!
Thanks. I’ll look into it.
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