Veterans Book to Be Published on Veterans Day

"Forever a Soldier: Unforgettable Stories of Wartime Service" will be published by National Geographic Books in association with the Library of Congress on Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

"Forever a Soldier" is the second in a series of collected oral histories from the growing collection of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. It joins "Voices of War: Stories of Service From the Home Front and Front Lines," a 336-page hardcover book that was published last November.

These unforgettable eyewitness accounts of wartime service from veterans of World War I through the current conflict in Iraq are culled from letters, diaries, private memoirs and oral histories collected by the Veterans History Project.

A companion Website to the book with selected stories is at http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/foreverasoldier/. All 37 stories will be accessible on this site when the book is published in November. "Forever a Soldier," a 352-page hardcover book with more than 65 illustrations, will be available in November for $26 in bookstores nationwide and through the Library's Sales Shop, Washington, DC 20540-4985.

Credit card orders will be taken at (888) 682-3557. Online orders can be placed at The Library of Congress Shop. The earlier volume, "Voices of War," is now available in bookstores nationwide and through the Library's Sales Shop for $30 in hardcover and for $16 in paperback.

Authorized by legislation passed by Congress in 2000, the Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center is a nationwide volunteer effort to collect and preserve oral histories from America's war veterans. The collection is housed at the Library of Congress. To date more than 35,000 individual submissions have been received.

Those who are interested in participating are encouraged to e-mail the Veterans History Project at vohp@loc.gov or to call toll-free (888) 371-5848 to request a free project kit. For more information about the Veterans History Project, visit http://www.loc.gov/vets/.