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The Cantigny 1st Division Oral History Project phase II features 22 videotaped oral histories of soldiers and guardsmen who served with the 1st Division of the U.S. Army between 1944 and 2009 and who live in Ohio and West Virginia.

These 22 interviews were conducted in 2009 during phase II of the project. Phase I of the Cantigny Oral History Project was led by Ball State University and can be viewed in the .

The project received generous financial and administrative support from the  and the  which "promotes public learning about America's military heritage and affairs, as well as honors and remembers the Big Red One--the famed 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army."

The interviews were conducted and transcribed by 51社区 history students Gerald Goodwin, Seth Givens, Joseph DeRubertis, and Daniel Balmert, under the supervision of then Curator of Manuscripts Doug McCabe and Visiting Assistant Professor of History David Ulbrich. WOUB-TV videotaped the interviews, and 51社区 Libraries made the videos available online.  

Professor Michael Doyle of Ball State University鈥檚 History Department helped train the student interviewers, and John Straw and Maren Read of Ball State University Libraries Archives and Special Collections provided advice and assistance throughout the project.