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The Memory Project Archive is an ongoing project that chronicles Canada’s participation in the military arena, from the First World War to the modern era. The national bilingual archive is an unprecedented collection of oral interviews, and digitized artefacts and memorabilia that tells the stories of service and sacrifice of Canadians, as recalled by those who lived through them. The archive is an opportunity for veterans, students, educators and all Canadians to view hundreds of personal artefacts of Canadian servicemen and women from across the country.

From 2009 to 2011 the project focused on collecting stories from Second World War veterans across Canada. That work continues, but a new grant from Canadian Heritage has allowed the program to expand to include stories of the Korean War.

"I burst through this gate, saw movement, fired and then got the shock of my life. A whole line of German youth got up in uniforms, they had bazookas, machine guns and everything."

– Jan de Vries