Preserving their pasts: Students recording World War II stories
By Jodi Heckel
Thursday December 4, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Champaign Central High School students Jordan Johnson, left, and Kaleb Walker edit their part of a project documenting the stories of area World War II veterans. Students at Central and Centennial high schools and Franklin Middle School are taking part in the three-year statewide project to document the experiences of service members in the war.
CHAMPAIGN – A handful of Champaign high school students are hearing firsthand about the experiences of soldiers and sailors in World War II.
They've heard how Dick Cogdal watched a ship full of ammunition explode in the South Pacific and felt the force of the blast even on shore. How he dealt with his loneliness while at war. How Dan Perrino and his fellow musicians turned a train car full of angry Japanese civilians into friends through music.
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