Oral history interview with Aaron Shayne Manfredi conducted by Barbara Tabach on December 8, 2021 for the Veterans Oral History Project of Southern Nevada.
Aaron discusses enlisting in the United States Navy after graduating high school and his service from 1993-1996. He talks about his education, his advanced degrees, and his scholarship and service as a University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumnus and President of the UNLV Alumni Veterans Club. Aaron also shares his employment history and current entrepreneurial pursuits as a real estate agent and owner of a landscaping company.
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On a different future for Black veterans as opposed white counterparts.
An image of six men (possibly veterans) in a car during the Armistice Day parade in Boulder City. The parade signified the armistice signed by the allies of World War I and Germany. This day is now known as Veteran's Day in the United States.
Newspaper clipping description reads: "LAS VEGAS SUN. Sunday, March 21, 1965. MERIT AWARD - Charles Kandel, second from left, accepts the National Medal of Merit Award from National Jewish War Veterans Commander Ralph Plofsky at a recent informal luncheon at the Sands Hotel. The combat veteran was given the award for humanitarian work with veterans of all faiths and specifically for his work in setting up a scholarship fund administered through the local Jewish War Vets Post 711. Others are from left: Henry Wolf, commander six region, and Jerry Klein, commander JWV Post 711."