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Saving Stories: Trench Warfare In World War I

Kentuckian Kelly G. Gilbert talks about his experience fighting in the trenches of World War I.
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Kentuckian Kelly G. Gilbert talks about his experience fighting in the trenches of World War I.

On this Veterans' Day, we get a rare first-hand account of life in the trenches during the "War To End All Wars" fought a century ago.

Kentuckian Kelly G. Gilbert talks about his experience fighting in the trenches of World War I.
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Kentuckian Kelly G. Gilbert talks about his experience fighting in the trenches of World War I.

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Native Kentuckian Kelly G. Gilbert lived in those trenches and before passing away, he told his story.  His interview is archived in the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries.

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Alan Lytle
Doug Boyd
Nunn Center For Oral History