Nampa’s Warhawk Air Museum preserves history by recording veteran stories

NAMPA, Idaho (CBS 2) — Ahead of Veterans Day, CBS 2 News is taking a look at something very special at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa.

It’s a treasure trove of history as seen through the eyes of veterans who survived battle after battle.

Going back to World War II and all the way up to modern wars in the Middle East. The veteran’s history project has them, and all the wars in between.

The museum owners started the project 16 years ago in partnership with the Library of Congress.

Veterans come in to the museum, tell their stories, and volunteers at the museum take those stories and make them available to the public, on their website or all the way at the Library of Congress itself.

One of those volunteers, a man who’s been interviewing veterans for five years, says this way of learning history is like no other.

“What was it like to be the man who stepped out the door on June 6, 1944 and dropped into Normandy,” said volunteer Scott Collins. “What was it like, you know, pick a battle, what was it like to be there? And, the only way you get that is that first person look, that first person discussion.”

The interviews done at the Warhawk Air Museum make up one percent of all the interviews the Library of Congress has for this joint project.

The Warhawk Air Museum records veterans sharing their stories all year long. Veterans can fill out a form at the museum to get scheduled for an interview and have their stories documented.


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Source:idahonews.com