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AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants
KENNESAW, Ga. | Nov 4, 2024
The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to preserve the legacies of United States veterans who fought oppression both abroad and at home.
Through funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs鈥� Veterans Legacy Grants Program (VLGP), Kristin Horan and Chris Hess are collecting the life histories of Georgia鈥檚 World War II veterans who returned to the U.S. and participated in the Civil Rights movement.
鈥淚 think that it's unquestionable that these are folks who've had distinguished contributions to what it means to be an American by participating in World War II, but they went beyond that,鈥� said Hess, an assistant professor of sociology and social demographer with AMES. 鈥淭hey saw that the work didn鈥檛 stop there, and they were trying to make the United States a more just and equal society upon returning home.鈥�