To commemorate Veteran's Day today, head over to A Veteran's Story, which is "committed to telling the history of our men and women in uniform by preserving their own stories and photos." Today's featured story is by Clark Simmons, who was on the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. He says: "We just went over the side into the water and (swam) for Ford Island, where the rest of our crew who had gotten off...."

See also: Veteran's History Project.