World War 2 Project-Interview-Artifact AnalysisName______
1. Choose FIVE of the major battles/events of World War II that the United States was involved in from the following list. Summarize what happened and why they were important, and include dates. You must have at least 5 complete sentences for each summary.
2. Then, search the HFCSD World War II Living History Project website and find interview accounts and/or artifacts for each of them. Click on THE PRINT INTERVIEWSand/or ARTIFACTSfrom the left hand margin. Print off and complete this guidesheet, staple together, and hand it in. Please use complete sentences. You must provide enough information so that I know that you actually read the interview. Use the back if needed.
If you are using a source other than this website or your text/classnotes, you must include a Citation Machine citation. No cutting and pasting, except for interview quote.
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Anzio
Invasion of Italy
Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)
Battle of the Bulge
Invasion of Germany
The Prisoner of War experience-captured by the Germans (describe how prisoners were treated)
The Prisoner of War experience-captured by the Japanese (describe how prisoners were treated)
Witness to the Holocaust
Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunals
World War II Project-Interview/Artifact AnalysisName______
Major WWII Battle/Event______
Date(s)______
What happened- why it is important:
Veteran associated with this battle-Name______
Summary of the veteran’s story-
Quotation from the veteran that describes or illustrates the battle/event (other than the one that appears on the “Print Interviews” page itself):
Is there an artifact from the artifacts page that can belong with this battle/event? Yes____/No_____
If so, please describe:
World War II Project-Interview/Artifact AnalysisName______
Major WWII Battle/Event______
Date(s)______
What happened- why it is important:
Veteran associated with this battle- Name______
Summary of the veteran’s story-
Quotation from the veteran that describes or illustrates the battle/event (other than the one that appears on the “Print Interviews” page itself):
Is there an artifact from the artifacts page that can belong with this battle/event? Yes____/No_____
If so, please describe:
World War II Project-Interview/Artifact AnalysisName______
Major WWII Battle/Event______
Date(s)______
What happened- why it is important:
Veteran associated with this battle- Name______
Summary of the veteran’s story-
Quotation from the veteran that describes or illustrates the battle/event (other than the one that appears on the “Print Interviews” page itself):
Is there an artifact from the artifacts page that can belong with this battle/event? Yes____/No_____
If so, please describe:
World War II Project-Interview/Artifact AnalysisName______
Major WWII Battle/Event______
Date(s)______
What happened- why it is important:
Veteran associated with this battle- Name______
Summary of the veteran’s story-
Quotation from the veteran that describes or illustrates the battle/event (other than the one that appears on the “Print Interviews” page itself):
Is there an artifact from the artifacts page that can belong with this battle/event? Yes____/No_____
If so, please describe:
World War II Project-Interview/Artifact AnalysisName______
Major WWII Battle/Event______
Date(s)______
What happened- why it is important:
Veteran associated with this battle- Name______
Summary of the veteran’s story-
Quotation from the veteran that describes or illustrates the battle/event (other than the one that appears on the “Print Interviews” page itself):
Is there an artifact from the artifacts page that can belong with this battle/event? Yes____/No_____
If so, please describe:
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