MOULTRIE — Last November, under the direction of Beau Sherman, instructor and CNS distance learning coordinator, students interviewed Colquitt County veterans for the Veterans Interview Project. On Wednesday, students and veterans came together again to continue this ongoing project.
Students from the video production class at the Colquitt County High School spent the day at the Moultrie library interviewing and filming the veterans in sessions of about 30 minutes each. The students asked them a variety of questions about their service and their experiences during the wars they served in. Veterans interviewed served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
“They called me and asked me and I thought I should,” said Howard Hall, who was a co-pilot on a B-24 heavy bomber in the Army Air Corps in World War II.
He also said that he had friends who had been interviewed previously and this project would make people realize that World War II was a necessary war.
“There’s more misconceptions about these wars than people think and it’s really a touching subject even to people who were not in the wars,” Hall said.
Another WW II veteran, Emory Suber, who will be 101 in January, said he was glad to come and be interviewed.
Ann Glass, who interviewed WW II veteran Dr. Walter Harrison Jr., said she found it very emotional to hear the stories and felt the memories relayed by the veterans were important to save for posterity. She said she would like to see the interviews be done more than once a year.
Tenth grade students Dusti Hall and Becca Evers both agreed that the day had been fun and interesting.
Evers said that she learned that the soldiers in the Vietnam War did not get the “respect they deserved” when they returned home.
“And they deserved it,” added Hall.
Evers also said that she found it sad sometimes to hear the veterans’ stories.
Sherman said this was a good event to bring the veterans together with the students to create a bridge of understanding between them.
“This is a great community event honoring our veterans,” he said.
Amy Johnson, director of marketing for the City of Moultrie, agreed.
“CNS is all about community and we are a part of this community. This is a way for us to help the veterans tell their stories. … We’re helping the community capture those memories,” said Johnson.
She also said that they like partnerships, especially with the schools, and when Sherman brought the idea to them they were glad to sponsor it.
“We hope that we will continue to have partnerships like this,” she said.
The interviews, in their entirety, will air on CNS Channel 6 in a few weeks and some brief footage of the interview process will be posted to www.moultrieobserver.com in the coming days. When complete, a collection of the interviews will be available on DVD at the library. Last year’s interviews are available now in the library’s Veterans History Project.
“It’s making history. This is something we’re going to have forever,” said Johnson.
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