Army vet interviewed for commemorative project at Canyon Ridge
Students create video on man who saw combat
Posted 11/2/20
Along with his seventh- and eighth-grade students, Canyon Ridge Elementary School history teacher Christopher Raso interviewed and created a two-hour video interview about U.S. Army Vietnam veteran Don Hunt, who shared his combat experience.
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Army vet interviewed for commemorative project at Canyon Ridge
Students create video on man who saw combat
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Along with his seventh- and eighth-grade students, Canyon Ridge Elementary School history teacher Christopher Raso interviewed and created a two-hour video interview about U.S. Army Vietnam veteran Don Hunt, who shared his combat experience.
Mr. Hunt received multiple medals for his service and honorary chapter regent Shirley Staggs and Mr. Hunt’s wife of 50 years, Judy, attended the interview session.
The students wrote up his story, which will now be published in the hard-bound book, “Since You Asked.” To immortalize the important work of veterans and students, the volume becomes a part of the national military history archive called the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. , visit loc.gov/vets.
Recorded interviews are also archived for the Veterans History Project.
In 2004, Arizona high school students started an after-school club called Arizona Heritage Project, interviewing veterans. The first hardbound volume of “Since You Asked” was published.
Visit veteransheritage.org/our-history to learn about how this project which got started in Arizona. Since then it has expanded to similar projects in Texas and Florida.
The Sun City Agua Fria National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter, along with a few of Mr. Hunt’s friends, donated funds for him to participate in the Veterans Heritage Project.
Mr. Raso is a Veterans History Project Chapter advisor. Funding goes toward assisting with publication of a volume of the 2021 book “Since You Asked.”
