About the Archives
Archive Preserves Veterans’ Writing and Art for All Time
In 1946, 97 VA hospitals throughout the nation were overwhelmed with the surge of more than 80,000 World War II veterans returning home in need of serious, longer term medical care. The same year, the forerunner of Veterans Voices Writing Project organized volunteer writing aides to go into the VA hospital wards to help soldiers, sailors and airmen put their stories, thoughts, and feelings on paper to help heal.
Veterans’ Voices magazine began collecting and publishing veterans’ extraordinary writing in 1952. More than 12,000 stories, poetry and veteran art expressions have been collected. Veterans’ writings and art are thought-provoking and poignant. Over the decades veterans share many of the same experiences and feelings regardless of the era of deployment.
In a major undertaking, Veterans’ Voices needs your help as we get started building an online archive of the best writing and art collected over 80 years. Your subscription to Veterans’ Voices magazine and your donations will sustain magazine publication and help build this archive to preserve veterans’ writing and art expression for the future.