Interview Archive
The United States Navy Memorial Interview Archive is a free educational database with thousands of primary source stories which focus on eyewitness accounts from the 1930s through the modern day.
Each interview is organized similar to chapters in a book and many begin with preservice, service, and post service history. Each interview clip ranges in length from 2 to 10 minutes and focuses on specific primary source stories.
Interactive educational activities focus on, historical topics from the Great Depression through the present day.
The Navy Memorial’s Stories of Service program is dedicated to preserving the history of our Sea Service Veterans.
This program collects digital video oral histories of our veterans throughout the year. Navy Memorial personnel, volunteers, and history students, working in partnership with their schools and the Navy Memorial interview, record, and archive the personal accounts of our Veterans so that we may never forget the sacrifices made by our Veterans, and to pass their stories on to future generations of Americans.
Watch Stories of Service
Click the play button for the collection you wish to view. Every video in the collection will play in sequence automatically. Click on the YouTube logo in the video to view full screen on our YouTube page.