Too Many Veterans’ Stories Disappear
Over Time
We help families uncover, preserve and pass down their veteran’s story
You only know pieces of your veteran’s story
Your loved one rarely talked about their service and we know how painful it feels to realize you can no longer ask them questions
Discover Your Veteran’s Story
Not sure where to begin?
Most families don't.
This free guide walks you through the same four steps we use to begin uncovering a veteran's service, from finding military records to piecing together the story behind the uniform.
We uncover the details, experiences and sacrifices of your veteran’s service
Our Service Memorial is a family heirloom that brings pride, connection and understanding across generations
Key events that shaped your veteran’s service, including units, locations, movements, battles and operations
Related images that visually bring your veteran’s story to life
We cover veterans of all U.S. military branches for service in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam
Families Who’ve Preserved Their Veteran’s Story
This Isn’t Something You Can Just Look Up Online
Your veteran's story isn't something you can find with a Google search, an AI tool or a single online database. It lives within the National Archives system, which holds approximately 14 billion documents.
For most families, uncovering a veteran's story requires hundreds of hours of learning how military records are organized, determining which archives hold the right documents and traveling to facilities across the country to search for what is often a needle in a haystack.
Our team of U.S. military history PhDs already knows how to navigate the National Archives system. We know where to look, which records matter and how to connect documents from multiple sources into a clear, accurate story, removing the time, travel and complexity that would otherwise fall on your family.
Watch this story from WFAA (ABC in Dallas-Fort Worth) about how we helped the Alcantar family uncover Joe Alcantar’s unknown World War II story.
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Pricing
Total Cost: $1,600
Want to Preserve Your Veteran's Story in a Full-Length Book?
Our Service Memorial captures the highlights of a veteran's military service in a beautifully designed visual timeline. For families who want to preserve every chapter of that journey, we also create Custom Veteran Story Books that tell the complete story, combining extensive archival research, military records, historical context, photographs and family memories into a professionally written heirloom your family will treasure for generations.
What Families Are Saying About Your Veteran’s History
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"Your Veteran’s History not only told my uncle’s entire story as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam, but also pinpointed exactly where he was killed in Vietnam and what it looks like today. Our family has finally received the closure we have been seeking for nearly 60 years."
- Jonika Nix, who asked us to uncover her uncle's full story, so her dad could finally learn what his brother did in the war.
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"While reading the chapters of the book about my father's service to our country in World War II, it almost felt like he was still alive and reading the book to me. Your Veteran's History left me speechless. Remarkably written and researched. Thank You!"
- Joe Alcantar, Jr., who never knew the full story of his father’s service in the U.S. Army during World War II — until his daughter asked Your Veteran’s History to uncover it.
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"My dad died in 2000 and never talked about his experiences in Vietnam. We just assumed we would never learn about what he did. I am so grateful to Your Veteran’s History for uncovering my dad’s story. He was a bad ass! We had no idea!"
- Steve Simmons, whose father served as an infantry platoon leader in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.