Utah Public Radio is partnering with the USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences’ Mountain West Center for Regional Studies and the USU Museum of Anthropology in the Bringing War Home Project.
What is 'Bringing War Home'?
War is saturated with objects shaped and carried from battlefields to homes. Sometimes such objects end up in Museums, but the personal stories of how such objects came to make journeys from Vietnam, for example, to rural Utah often do not. One of the main goals of the project is to disperse basic tools that will allow veterans and members of military families as well as the general public to understand the things brought home from war.
How is UPR involved?
UPR will record stories from military veterans and their families and friends at several project roadshows. Stories and photos will be included in a digital archive housed at the USU libraries that will benefit future generations.
How can I get involved in this project?
UPR invites you to share your story in a recorded interview. Remember to bring your object from war with you to the interview. In the sidebar are the available timeslots for interviews that will be recorded at Roadshows.
Find a list of events here.
This project has received funding from Utah Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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D-Day, June 6, 1944. Waiting in the waters of Omaha Beach, a soldier asks his commanding officer what's on his mind. -
A woman searches for the story behind a mysterious painting of her father from the summer of 1945. -
She always saw her husband as a hero, though it wasn’t until the end of his life that she would finally learn of his war experiences in the Pacific Theater of WWII. -
After surviving World War II, soldiers returned to civilian life forever changed — their war experiences inevitably impacting their communities and the next generation. -
Upon first arrival in Vietnam, a soldier found himself enthralled by the history and culture, but the ever present threat of danger forced his attention elsewhere. -
Many are still living with the legacies of the Vietnam War, and one of the populations deeply affected by this devastating event were the women of many backgrounds who served militarily. Susan O’Neill and Kara Dixon Vuic join us today to discuss. -
A retired airman describes her military career that began in 1977. -
Knowing the inevitability of being drafted, this young farmer enrolled in the Navy with a plan to stay alive — one that stationed him among the dead. -
A gift given by a young girl during the liberation of France gave this soldier the strength to keep going, and ultimately formed a connection spanning generations. -
On this special 'Bringing War Home' edition of Access Utah we talk with Rich Etchberger, recorded live from our event at the USU Moab Campus.
