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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: The veteran filmed combat operations for the Army throughout Vietnam.
  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 221st Signal Company, 1st Signal Brigade
  • Location of Service: North Carolina; New Jersey; Virginia; Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: E-5

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"We traveled all over the width and breadth of Vietnam." (Video interview, 13:23)

As a member of the First Signal Brigade, embedded in various Army units in Vietnam for a month or two at a time, motion picture photographer John Luckey experienced the same action as the soldiers whose activities he was documenting. Whether he was with the artillery, a medivac helicopter unit, or the Army Rangers--when they encountered enemy fire, he focused only on framing the shot. Serving with unfamiliar units took an emotional toll; he might film a wounded soldier without even knowing his name. He later sought solace at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

About this Item

Title

  • John V. Luckey Collection

Names

  • Presnell, Kristen
  • Hibriten High School
  • Luckey, John V.
  • Cox, Carol

State of Birth

  • KY

Home State

  • NC

Headings

  • -  Luckey, John V.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Service History Note: The veteran filmed combat operations for the Army throughout Vietnam.
    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 221st Signal Company, 1st Signal Brigade
    • Location of Service: North Carolina; New Jersey; Virginia; Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: E-5
    • Dates of Service: 1969-1971
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 5/21/2007)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 5/21/2007)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/60412

Cite as

  • John V. Luckey Collection (AFC/2001/001/60412), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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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/xxxx), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

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

Recording:

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

Photograph:

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

Computer file:

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

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), 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:

Presnell, Kristen, Hibriten High School, John V Luckey, and Carol Cox. John V. Luckey Collection. 1969. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.60412/.

APA citation style:

Presnell, K., Hibriten High School, Luckey, J. V. & Cox, C. (1969) John V. Luckey Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.60412/.

MLA citation style:

Presnell, Kristen, et al. John V. Luckey Collection. 1969. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.60412/>.