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Remembering July 27th
“That is my fear, that the ‘Forgotten War’ will really be the forgotten war.” Robert Dornfried, August 11, 2013. For millions of Americans, the Korean War is lost among the 20th-century wars. Stuck between the famous, global Second World War and the well-documented, controversial Vietnam War, the Korean War is lost and forgotten by many. More than 5,700,000 U.S. servicemen were involved in the Korean War, many were young men who served during the Second World War, enlisted as they were too young to serve their country during the Second World War, or were drafted. The Veterans History Project has archived many of these veterans’ tales of the Korean War.…
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Operation Overlord: Robert C. Hunt
“Ten minutes to Six, I think it was, the USS Texas opened fire on the beach and that was the beginning of the battle for us.” Robert C. Hunt On the 6th of June 1944, the Western Allies; the United States, Britain, and Canada initiated Operation Overlord, the invasion of German-occupied Northern France. The combined assault consisted of the largest Armada ever assembled, over 7000 allied ships and approximately 160,000 soldiers, and tens of thousands of paratroopers dropped behind the beaches and fortifications. Connecticut Veteran, Corporal Robert C Hunt was one of the many soldiers who waded ashore in the first hours of the invasion. Hunt was part of the…
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Welcome!
Welcome to the new blog for the Veterans History Project at Central Connecticut State University! On this blog you will be able to find news and announcements about the project as well as stories and discoveries from our collections. Over the next month, in the lead up to Veterans Day, we will be sharing several posts with information and insights about our collections. We look forward to using this new platform to honor our Connecticut veterans and learn from this treasure trove of American history.
