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Explore over 90 years of military oral history, with firsthand accounts from the First World War through to the present day conflict in Afghanistan. These stories were collected from 2003 to 2006.

Herbert Merrett

"We never had any support when we were going in on jobs. It was just going in, do the job and get the hell out of there."

Paul DeLorme

"It was dark, and by this time, the Germans were a little bit slack on their job, not watching, they trusted, they didn’t expect anybody to run away. But we did."

Hyman Arlin

"Finally I found him and I sent a little note along to each soldier to pass it along to the seventh guy in the line. He jumped up and he scared people, they thought there was an ..."

Elphège Renaud

"But I know that Tremblay and Fong died, because the guys dragged them away in order to take our positions. But it wasn’t us who found Paul Dugal, it was the Chinese [...] "

Jacques Catudal

"So I said to myself, I'm a conscript; I might as well sign up for the active army."

Announcing The Memory Project: Stories of the Korean War! The Memory Project Archive received new funding to expand its collection mandate to preserve Korean War veteran testimonials. Look for a new website coming in November.

Introducing the free Memory Project Speakers’ Bureau DVD: Witnesses to Our History. This resource can be used as a virtual veterans’ visit, or to prepare students for a live veteran visit, which also can be arranged through The Memory Project

We Were Freedom: Canadian Stories of the Second World War

A volume of 65 veteran stories from The Memory Project Archive is now available for purchase. Foreword by Andrew Cohen.