In addition to having your students complete one of the recommended WebQuests to develop their background knowledge about World War II, Pearl Harbor, and the U.S.S. Oklahoma, project facilitators recommend watching several Veteran oral history interviews. The following links are good places to start. Rememeber the website http://oklahomawwii.org includes many more interviews and other videos relating to these topics.

1. Extended Preview Part 1 of "The War" by Ken Burns (6 min, 45 sec)
2. Pendleton Woods, WWII Nazi POW Camp survivor (5 part series)
3. Nita Overby (6 min, 5 sec)
   
4. Gerald Heinen (3 min, 12 sec)
5. Rosa Lee Gillespie (4 min, 4 sec)
6. Ken Burns Discusses why he made the documentary "The War " (5 min, 22 sec - Part 1)

Additional written stories about Oklahoma WWII veterans are also available to explore on oklahomawwii.org/stories.

Other veteran oral history websites with videos to explore include:

1. World War II Veteran Interviews from Minds.TV (110 currently available)
   
2. World War II Submarine Veterans History Project (California)

Additional information about the collaboration between PBS, the Library of Congress' Veteran Oral History Project, and educators around the world is available on www.loc.gov/vets/stories/thewar/