the GREATEST GENERATIONS FOUNDATION

The veterans’ retelling of their war experiences often goes beyond the usual recounting of dates and places. Their stories become richer and bring history to life when they share their personal experiences.

STORIES OF REMEMBRANCES: Once veterans have had the chance to share their stories and personal accounts from the war, The Greatest Generations Foundation works to document and record each piece of their history. Stories of Remembrances documents and produces programming based on the veterans’ accounts of their war experiences. The Greatest Generations Foundation collects first-hand accounts of veterans from World War I (1914-1920), World War II (1939-1946), the Korean War (1950-1955), the Vietnam War (1961-1975), the Persian Gulf War (1990-1995), and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present).

HOLOCAUST AWARENESS INITIATIVE: The Greatest Generations Foundation works closely with several Jewish Associations, the Jewish Veterans Association, and with people of varying faiths and cultures to explore the meaning of the Shoah (the Hebrew word used to refer to the Holocaust) and its lessons for future generations.

VETERANS OF VALOR: DIGITAL STORY BOARD DEVELOPMENT:  The college students who travel abroad with the veterans are moved and changed by the experience. This program is the vehicle for those students, upon their return, to record the experience. The students, who are each paired with one veteran, are required to journal their experiences on the trip. Upon their return, they use their journals to write, produce and narrate a four-minute, recorded vignette about their veteran. These audio clips are submitted to local radio stations to be played in the home community of the veteran. Several of the recorded clips have been played on NPR affiliates around the country.