Submissions are closed. HVSR is not accepting records, photographs or personal stories at this time. The guides below can help you prepare material for future review.
Use this page to prepare stories, photographs, records or corrections for future review.
Prepare your contribution
Describe your branch/component, unit, dates, locations, role and firsthand experience. Distinguish what you witnessed from what someone told you. Identify approximate dates and uncertainty.
Keep originals intact. A document description can help begin review; do not place unredacted personnel records or other people’s private details in public material.
Separate historical classification and publication decision.
Only the approved, redacted version is published.
Permission to publish is not historical verification. Verification alone is not permission to publish.
How to redact a record before sharing
This fictional example shows what to mask and what to keep visible. The placeholders contain no personal information. Use this as a preparation guide while secure intake is unavailable.
Before redaction
SSN
[SSN on original]
Date of birth
[Birth date on original]
Home address
[Home address on original]
Signature
[Signature on original]
Service entry
Engineer detachment · Honduras · May 1989
After redaction
SSN
Removed
Date of birth
Removed
Home address
Removed
Signature
Removed
Service entry
Engineer detachment · Honduras · May 1989
Keep your original intact. Use a redaction tool to permanently remove private information from a copy, including searchable text and metadata. Before sharing, reopen the copy and check what you can see, select, copy and search.