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    World War II
    Rishi Sharma checks levels in his camera before interviewing WWII combat veteran Frank Burns of Freeland last Saturday. Sharma travels the country interviewing WWII combat veterans for his oral history project and nonprofit, Heroes of the Second World War. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times
    Recording for posterity tales of WWII vets across...
    By Emily Gilbert • March 30, 2021 1:30 pm

    Rishi Sharma has met more than 1,100 World War II combat veterans to document their stories.

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