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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991; Cold War; Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: Combat Camera Group Pacific
  • Location of Service: Northern Arabian Gulf; Philippines; Iraq
  • Highest Rank: Chief Petty Officer

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"I got to document the best and brightest of our nation." (Video interview, 56:35)

Working for the Combat Camera Group, Kevin Tierney found the adventure he sought when he first enlisted in the Navy. Serving from 1986 to 2008, he estimates that he "packed in half a lifetime" of experiences taking pictures and documenting activities in the Persian Gulf. Serving in such a way--telling the story of what his comrades endured--was, for him, the highest honor.

About this Item

Title

  • Kevin Howard Tierney Collection

Names

  • Veterans Heritage Project
  • Hatch, Barbara
  • Tierney, Kevin Howard
  • Cody Inglis

State of Birth

  • ME

Home State

  • AZ

Headings

  • -  Tierney, Kevin Howard
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 2 items

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: Combat Camera Group Pacific
    • Location of Service: Philippines
    • Dates of Service: 1986-2008
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Location of Service: Northern Arabian Gulf
    • Dates of Service: 1986-2008
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Location of Service: Iraq
    • Highest Rank: Chief Petty Officer
    • Dates of Service: 1986-2008
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [2 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 08/31/2009)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/72060

Cite as

  • Kevin Howard Tierney Collection (AFC/2001/001/72060), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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:

Veterans Heritage Project, Barbara Hatch, Kevin Howard Tierney, and Cody Inglis. Kevin Howard Tierney Collection. 1986. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.72060/.

APA citation style:

Veterans Heritage Project, Hatch, B., Tierney, K. H. & Cody Inglis. (1986) Kevin Howard Tierney Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.72060/.

MLA citation style:

Veterans Heritage Project, et al. Kevin Howard Tierney Collection. 1986. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.72060/>.