Stories From Ww2

Discussion in 'Network Information, Suggestions and Feedback' started by Paul Reed, Oct 13, 2004.

  1. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    See you have a new section up and coming - which looks very exciting!

    May I ask what source(s) you will be using for this? And will you be welcoming submissions from veterans? I can see it turning into a unique and valuable resource if you do!
     

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  2. Wise1

    Wise1 There We Are Then

    I wil be relying on submissions from veterans! The section will be dedicated to stories penned by veterans themselves rather than as told by someone else.

    Gerry Chester has kindly agreed to be the first an I am setting up the section just now with his stories first of all to get it all working correctly.

    At that point I will be keen to get more stories posted.
     
  3. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Okay Lee - good news.

    My Dad has written an account of Anzio. He doesn't have a PC, but I have it on Word and will see if he wants to submit it.

    I also know some PC-savvy vets who may well want to contribute and will contact them as well.
     
  4. salientpoints

    salientpoints Senior Member

    You may want to visit this BBC site as it contains exactly what you are after as another resource to link to?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/

    Cheers

    Ryan
     
  5. Wise1

    Wise1 There We Are Then

    The difficulty with the content on the BBC is copyright though, would you be allowed to use what is effecting their material?
     
  6. salientpoints

    salientpoints Senior Member

    Probably not, but I meant to say one should link to it as it is a similar project.

    May be worth making contact though?

    Ryan
     
  7. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    I think there would be copyright issues with the BBC material.

    Another good source might be the 'War Illustrated', published during WW2. Volumes 9 and 10 (was there an 11?) have an 'I Was There' section which I suspect might be out of copyright.

    Copies are often for sale on Ebay.
     
  8. Kieron Hill

    Kieron Hill Senior Member

    Hi all,

    I have been on BBC WW2 History site a few times
    doing a bit of research and recently contributed to
    a couple of research questions, through this a kind
    gentleman by the name of Tom Canning made contact
    with me he served with the 145th Royal Armoured Corps
    in North Africa and Italy where he was badly injured.
    He gave me permission to use his stories and some
    photo's of Coriano Ridge cemetery on my website.
    So I guess the BBC could not have any issues with
    me with regards copyright...could they?

    I passd on this forums details to Tom Canning so
    hopefuly he may well pay us a visit in the near
    future.

    Regards

    Kieron
     
  9. Walts Daughter

    Walts Daughter Junior Member

    Originally posted by Paul Reed@Oct 13 2004, 08:26 PM
    Okay Lee - good news.

    My Dad has written an account of Anzio. He doesn't have a PC, but I have it on Word and will see if he wants to submit it.

    I also know some PC-savvy vets who may well want to contribute and will contact them as well.
    [post=28701]Quoted post[/post]

    Paul, would you be interested in submitted that story to me? I would love to have it on the VI Corps site. My father was at Anzio too and I would love to know more and hear more first hand accounts.

    Please contact me.
     
  10. Wise1

    Wise1 There We Are Then

    The new stories section is now up and running properly and of course I wil be looking for lots of stories to add to the section.

    Let me know of any submissions you may have that I could add or any resources I could use.

    the section has a new link on the portal homepage and you can also get to it following the link below

    Gerry Chester kindly agreed to let me use his stories to test the layout which you can see in the section just now.

    http://www.ww2talk.com/stories
     
  11. Walts Daughter

    Walts Daughter Junior Member

    Looks really good Lee. Can't wait to see more. Good luck and continued success.
     
  12. salientpoints

    salientpoints Senior Member

  13. Charybdis

    Charybdis Junior Member

    I've put a request onto the website that I am treasurer of for stories from relatives of members. There are a couple of members who will have memories themselves as they 'joined up' in 46/47 and will have been civvies during the war. I will post any replies I get for us all to enjoy.

    :)
     
  14. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Originally posted by Walts Daughter@Nov 14 2004, 05:23 AM

    Paul, would you be interested in submitted that story to me? I would love to have it on the VI Corps site. My father was at Anzio too and I would love to know more and hear more first hand accounts.

    Please contact me.
    [post=29429]Quoted post[/post]

    Sorry - for some reason this one passed me by!

    I am seeing my Dad this weekend, and will see if he is okay with that and then send you a copy. I will also ask him if he would like to submit it to this site. I am just about to give him a PC, so hopefully he might be browsing this forum, too!
     
  15. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Originally posted by Lee Wisener@Dec 18 2004, 12:52 AM
    The new stories section is now up and running properly and of course I wil be looking for lots of stories to add to the section.
    [post=30208]Quoted post[/post]

    Great stuff Lee - I write for a UK family history magazine and will mention the site in their news column - hopefully that might lead to a few submissions.

    And as I mentioned above will speak to my Dad about his 'bit' as well.
     
  16. Wise1

    Wise1 There We Are Then

    Thanks Paul.
     
  17. Walts Daughter

    Walts Daughter Junior Member

    Originally posted by Paul Reed+Dec 18 2004, 08:25 PM-->(Paul Reed @ Dec 18 2004, 08:25 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Walts Daughter@Nov 14 2004, 05:23 AM

    Paul, would you be interested in submitted that story to me?  I would love to have it on the VI Corps site.  My father was at Anzio too and I would love to know more and hear more first hand accounts.

    Please contact me.
    [post=29429]Quoted post[/post]

    Sorry - for some reason this one passed me by!

    I am seeing my Dad this weekend, and will see if he is okay with that and then send you a copy. I will also ask him if he would like to submit it to this site. I am just about to give him a PC, so hopefully he might be browsing this forum, too!
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    [/b]
    Oh dear, no problem. Trust me, I get lost in the forums too sometimes because there is usually so much going on.

    Thanks for replying and I will look forward to hearing from you. I do hope you dad gets his PC. I know he would enjoy reading this forum and others like it. There are quite a few vets who are avid followers now. Nothing like hearing it from the mouth of one of our vets.
     

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