Skip to main content

1,000 Words: Stories from the VA's My Life, My Story Project

Cover of 1,000 Words: Stories from the VA's My Life, My Story Project

1,000 Words: Stories from the VA's My Life, My Story Project

Thor
Ringler
Seth
Jovaag
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
2024

Since 2013 writers for the My Life, My Story project at the US Department of Veterans Affairs have interviewed over 9,000 veterans and written short stories about their lives. Each story is reviewed and edited by the veteran, and with their approval, added to their VA medical record. Any VA provider who is caring for that veteran can easily find their story and read, in their own words, what matters to them, who matters to them, and why. This book contains 15 of their remarkable stories.