The East Texas War and Memory Project (ETWMP) is an oral and public history project that collects, preserves, interprets, and makes accessible to the public the stories of people affected by war in order to uncover both the lived experience of war and the individual and public memory that surrounds it.

• Further the study of war and the individual and cultural memory that surrounds it
• Foster dialog among students, veterans, and the wider community
• Bring recognition and a voice to those who have served