Wrex/com (Channel 13): Harlem Students preserve WWII veterans' stories
ROCKFORD (WREX) - As we get closer to Memorial Day, some Harlem High School students have a special project to help preserve veterans' war stories.
These students have been interviewing and filming World War II vets at River Bluff Nursing Home in Rockford. They'll put together documentaries on each one and submit them to the World War II Memorial Board and Library of Congress.
The war heroes get their stories told and the students learn valuable lessons.
"This is nothing you'll ever learn in a classroom," says Harlem Junior Jacob Genens. "It's a once in a lifetime chance to do and pretty soon these veterans won't be alive, they'll be passed away and it'll be gone forever."
The students have interviewed 24 veterans for the project.
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