Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast

Veterans oral history interview collages from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Archive.

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A behind the scenes look at the often messy process of recording oral history interviews.

“Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.” ~Henri Cartier-Bresson

As any oral history project should, we've diligently photo-documented our interviews for archival and historical purposes. The challenge has always been how to share the thousands of images we've collected.

One method we employed is to "summarize" the interviews via photo collages documenting the interview itself and some of the veterans' artifacts they shared with us.

Here are just some of the oral history collages from our archive; we will be adding more as we continue to curate our digital media. ... See more

Veterans oral history interview collages from the Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Archive.

©Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative (Farkas Collection)/The Social Voice Project, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ... See more

USS Pittsburgh Tribute

The Veteran Voices of Pittsburgh Oral History Initiative was commissioned by Pittsburgh's Office of the Mayor to produce this special oral history tribute in honor of the last local sailors who served aboard the USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) during WWII.

George Jock and Robert McKnight of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania served aboard the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser in the Pacific. The ship saw intense action in the South Pacific and participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

The Pittsburgh is most known for towing the USS Franklin (CV-13) after the carrier was severely disabled by a Japanese strike. During a typhoon in June 1945, Pittsburgh suffered a catastrophic structural failure when her bow was torn from the ship’s hull. The crew's response is legendary among sailors.

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During WWII, George Jock and Robert McKnight of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania served aboard the Baltimore-class heavy cruiser, USS Pittsburgh (CA-72). The ship sa...

People are often confused about podcasts and how they work, so we are frequently asked to explain this new internet-based media.

To help, we’ve created this brief Q&A guide to podcasting.

https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/whats-a-podcast/ ... See more

"My father died in Vietnam, and he didn't know it." ~Mike Lombardi

On Episode 41 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk about vicarious storytelling. After veterans are gone, who will tell their stories?

Our guest is army airborne veteran of the Cold War, Mike Lombardi, who shares the story of his father, Master Sergeant Archie Lombardi.

https://thesocialvoiceproject.org/2018/10/03/veteran-voices-podcast-ep-41-mike-lombardi/

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Mike Lombardi | It Was Hard     ABOUT THIS EPISODE On Episode 41 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk about vicarious storytelling. After veterans are gone, who will tell…