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Experiencing War: A Project to Preserve and Make Accessible Oral Histories of World War I I Nick Pavlik and Michelle Sweetser Center for Archival Collections Interviewee Wilber Saneholtz with fellow Bowling Green State University Libraries
Nick Pavlik and Michelle Sweetser Center for Archival Collections Bowling Green State University Libraries Society of Ohio Archivists Conference June 17, 2020
Interviewee Wilber Saneholtz with fellow servicemen during flight training
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