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Herman Froeb on Wake Island [n.d.]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953; World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: 8228th MASH, 48th Surgical Hospital, 8th Army; Army Medical Corps
  • Location of Service: Chicago, Illinois; Korea; Durham, North Carolina
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/18437

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"It was sort of like taking care of pneumonia without having penicillin." (Video interview, 12:37).

While many military doctors treat combat casualties inflicted by the enemy, others face damage done by a different adversary, that of disease. Called to active duty in May 1951, during the last year of his residency, Captain Herman Froeb was already well-versed in the field of medical research. Assigned to the 8228th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), the center for all fever patients in Korea, he and his team carried out advanced scientific experiments to investigate the causes and treatment of a condition known as hemorrhagic fever. In addition to his interview, his collection includes home movie footage taken during his time in Korea, depicting scenes of his arrival in Korea, patients being transported by helicopter, and village life around his MASH unit.

Interview / Recording

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Color 8mm film Korea 1952-53

Color 8mm film Japan with Helen 1952-53

Color 8mm film of Hemorrhagic Fever 1952-53

Color 8mm film of Weddings before going to Korea

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[ Photo Album ]
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[ Letter to Froeb from J. Burns Amberson, M.D. [3/19/1953] ]

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[ Special Orders Number 82 [4/26/1951] ]
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[ Travel Order to the United States [4/23/1953] ]
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[ Hand drawn Christmas Card and copy of a poem by Thomas Hood ]
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[ Anti-war propaganda from the Korean War ]
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[ Anti-war propaganda from the Korean War ]
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[ Anti-war propaganda from the Korean War ]
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[ Anti-war propaganda from the Korean War ]
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[ Anti-war propaganda from the Korean War ]

About this Item

Title

  • Herman Field Froeb, Sr. Collection

Names

  • St. Helena Youth Leadership Group
  • Froeb Sr., Herman Field
  • Walter, Alexandra
  • Froeb, Aislinn Boyer

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • California

Headings

  • -  Froeb Sr., Herman Field
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Army Medical Corps
    • Location of Service: Durham, North Carolina
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Service Unit/Ship: 8228th MASH, 48th Surgical Hospital, 8th Army
    • Location of Service: Chicago, Illinois; Korea
    • Dates of Service: 1951-1953
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-05-01; 2003-05-05)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-05-01; 2003-04-25)
  • Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-03-22)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-05-01)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1953-03-19)
  • Manuscript: Military Papers [6 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Periodicals [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1954-05)
  • Manuscript: Printed matter [8 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Creative works [2 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Digital print [7 items] -- Photographs (collected unknown)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/18437

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

St. Helena Youth Leadership Group, Herman Field Froeb Sr, Alexandra Walter, and Aislinn Boyer Froeb. Herman Field Froeb, Sr. Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.18437/.

APA citation style:

St. Helena Youth Leadership Group, Froeb Sr, H. F., Walter, A. & Froeb, A. B. (1942) Herman Field Froeb, Sr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.18437/.

MLA citation style:

St. Helena Youth Leadership Group, et al. Herman Field Froeb, Sr. Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.18437/>.