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collection of the library's american folk life center. the veteran's history project is a congressionally mandated effort to collected and preserve the wartime memories of america's veterans. we're in our 12th year of doing just that. it's a very important effort. it's thanks to the efforts of volunteer organizations, institutions and even individuals, we have been able to amass an archive of some 80,000 collections of veterans, veterans from world war i all the way up to veterans in the most recent conflicts in iraq and afghanistan. this is a permanently preserved archive at the lib...

with them, perhaps in the same way we would the outlaws of the west. but it really is a brief period in american history where you see this. the early 1930s. >> all weekend long american history tv is featuring shreveport, louisiana. learn more about shreveport and find out where c-span's local content vehicles are going next, online at c-span.org/localcontent. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. coming up next, two world war ii veterans discuss their experiences and what it means to be a member of the greatest generation. this discussion fea...

shreveport, louisiana. learn more and find out where the local content vehicles are going next online. you are watching american history tv. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. coming up next, two world war ii veterans discuss what it means to be a member of the greatest generation. this discussion features major norman hatch. this is about an hour. >> our third panelist took sick we wish him the best. he was a career military officer before that and now has the job of coordinating the oral history projects at the library of congress. so we go back and forth a lot with the historie...

states. all of our veterans have provided a great service to our country through their personal sacrifice. as a nation we owe them our gratitude for their service. section 6103 of title 5 united states code provides that veterans day, november 1 1, is a legal public -- 11, is a legal public holiday. it reaffirms the nation's obligations to support our veterans and their families. h.r. 1622 would resolve that the house of representatives recognize the honor, courage, sacrifice and -- of all veterans and their historic contributions to the united states. it encourages the people of the...

endeavor repairing some batteries to get them all replace. thank you for joining us. "the live desk" is up next. martha: you have to keep it right here first. we have lots of breaking news. there is a hot story out there on this friday afternoon. trace: we're live inside the fox news room. today, we're outside the fox news headquarters because this is where the news begins. if you look over here behind us, this is the national desk. they are working on this story we told you about just minutes ago about a potential gunmen at the university of south florida. we will get you updated on...