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
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Featured Veteran Interview Archive
USS SARATOGA COLLECTION
1 Minute Short Film COLLECTION
Pearl Harbor Survivors COLLECTION
NJ DESRON 2 Phoenix Squadron
Vinson Hall Veterans COLLECTION
USS William R. Rush DD 714 collection
USS Harwood DD DDE 861 Collection
USS MURRAY DD DDE 576 COLLECTION
USS Bang SS 385 Collection
USS HECTOR AR 7 COLLECTION
USS Nimitz CVN 68 Collection
USS Missouri BB 63 Collection
World War Two Collection
COLD WAR COLLECTION
VIETNAM WAR SWIFT BOAT VETERAN COLLECTION
USS Topeka CLG 8 Collection
USS America CV CVA 66 Collection
USS Norris DD DDE 859 Collection
USS Abnaki ATF 96 Collection
USS LLOYD THOMAS DD 764 COLLECTION
Korean War Collection
CEREMONIES, DEDICATIONS, AND COMMISSIONINGS
USS Spinax SS SSR 489 Collection
USS Okanogan APA 220 Collection
USS Keppler DD DDE 765 Collection
Medal of honor collection
PATROL SQUADRON 68 COLLECTION
USS Leyte CV 32 Collection
VIETNAM WAR COLLECTION
RADM Richard Buchanan Collection
An interview with the former President and CEO of the US Navy Memorial, RADM Richard Buchanan (Ret.)