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Interactive Transcript: Interactive Transcript on Youtube

Subscribe to me on YouTube Thanks to the National Court Reporters Foundation (NCRF) and the National Court Reporters Association (NCRA), each veteran’s interview is being transcribed and posted to youtube.com. Youtube allows us to use its interactive transcript feature which automatically synchronizes video with transcript. With this feature, one can read the interview word for word while watching the video. This is a tremendous aid especially when a veteran is difficult to understand due to illness, a heavy accent, or a stroke. Additionally, not only our veterans with loss of hearing can watch the interview with closed caption, but researchers will now able to search the transcript for the topic in which they are interested and jump directly to that portion of the interview.
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To our interviewed veterans and friends of VHP, have you ever wondered what happens to your interview and collection materials? Click HERE to find out! Every Veterans Day and Memorial Day, the CCSU VHP publishes a newsletter, and every month, we highlight a veteran's collection from our database.

The Mission of the VHP

As an archive partner with the Library of Congress, Central Connecticut State University participates in the Veterans History Project by focusing on the oral histories of Connecticut's residents.

Search the Collections

Photographs, military documents, field maps, journals, memoirs, and letters are digitzed and preserved, and videotaped interviews of Connecticut service members are conducted and archived.

News and Featured Events

Future, present, and past

Click here for news and photographs of Veterans

History Project events.

VHP Newsletter & Brochures

Check out our semiannual newsletter and view past editions.

Speakers Bureau

Active Speakers Bureau of Connecticut veterans, ranging from World

War II to the present

Resources for Educators

Ideas for engaging you, your school, or your organization with the Veterans History Project.

Collection of the Month

Our latest veteran of the month is Boua Tong Xiong. Xiong served in the Special Guerrilla Unit (SGU) during the Vietnam War. The SGU was established by the CIA in order to conduct operations in Laos against the North Vietnamese. Boua Tong Xiong served in the SGU for 7 years and achieved the rank of First Lieutenant

Click here to hear his complete story, as well as view his online collection.

Gary Sinise and the VHP

http://www.youtube.com/embed/mKnPk2Scmn4

VHP Contact and Social Media

http://twitter.com/#!/ccsuvhp

Visit our YouTube page to watch our collection of interviews

(click the icon below)

https://www.youtube.com/user/ccsuvhp?feature=mhee

Donate to the Veterans History Project

Phone contact: (860) 832-2976

Email: hursteim@ccsu.edu