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Warsaw high school students will be able to learn about war up close and personal if they take part in the Veterans Project.
Approved by Congress in 2000, the Veterans Project includes interviewing veterans on videotape and then archiving and preserving all of the interviews at the Library of Congress.
Monday, a group of veterans asked the Warsaw school board to endorse and support the project by getting students involved in the interviews.
"It's a way to record the experiences of veterans before they are lost to us," veteran Bill Dalton told the board. The interviews would include apply to all living veterans, including those of World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf.
Michele Boxell, of Congressman Tim Roemer's office, said there are more than 6,000 veterans living in Kosciusko County, and she offered to be the contact person for setting up a local program.
Veteran Dale Tucker said, "I sure would like to see the board be a leader in this, it would be a great thing for Warsaw."
Craig Allebach, school board president, endorsed the project and said, "I don't think there is a person on this board who doesn't support it."
Kosciusko County's veteran service officer, Mike Barnett, offered to act as a liaison between the schools and the veterans.
For more information on the project, see the Web site, www.loc.gov/folklife/vets
