Research at Battleship Cove.

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Veterans' Voices at Battleship Cove.

One of the most ambitious oral history programs in the country, the Veterans' Voices Oral History Project at Battleship Cove collects and preserves the life experiences of veterans as a growing, living record of American culture.

Home to the largest veterans' oral history archives in the Commonwealth, and the third-largest in New England, Battleship Cove has collected the stirring recollections of national figures like:

US Senator John S. McCain III
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi
Medal of Honor recipients Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. and Captain Thomas G. Kelley
Former Red Sox slugger Dom DiMaggio

Follow this link for more information, or visit Battleship Cove in person to research the collection in its entirety.

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HON. ANTHONY J. PRINCIPI: The Honorable Anthony J. Principi served as an officer on board the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. prior to becoming President George W. Bush’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs. As such, Principi directed the nation’s second-largest department, a responsibility he fulfilled as Deputy, then Acting, VA Secretary for President George H.W. Bush from 1989-1993. A decorated Vietnam veteran, this US Naval Academy graduate was awarded the Bronze Star, the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry while commanding a river patrol unit on the Mekong Delta.

Click here to hear a segment from former Secretary Principi's Veterans' Voices interview

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