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1st Lt. Jack Danner Returning From MACV to 1st Air Cav [detail]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Division
  • Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; An Khe, Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/6052

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"We could make something work out of nothing, and if we hadn't been able to do that we would have been very unhappy." (Video interview, 18:21)

First Lieutenant Jack Danner, Jr. deployed to Vietnam in August 1965 with the 1st Cavalry Division, part of the initial buildup of American forces there. Danner participated in construction of Camp Radcliff near An Khe in the Central Highlands, later serving for three months as an adviser with a South Vietnamese battalion before returning to the 1st Cavalry Division and assuming the duties of a company executive officer. He helped lead his company through several operations during their year in Vietnam, including Operation White Wing/Masher, a large search-and-destroy operation that Danner remembers vividly and is depicted in many of the photographs in his collection.

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About this Item

Title

  • Jack Danner, Jr. Collection

Names

  • Willie, Michael Lloyd
  • WRCB-TV Channel 3
  • Bowen, Sarah
  • Danner Jr., Jack

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Tennessee

Headings

  • -  Danner Jr., Jack
  • -  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

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: A Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; An Khe, Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1963-1966
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected 2003; 2003-03-22)
  • Photograph: Digital print [44 items] -- Photographs (collected 1963-1966)
  • Video: Betacam SP [3 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-03-24)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/6052

Online Format

  • video
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Wars & Conflicts

Service Branch

Location of Service

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

Service Entrance

Discharge Status

Gender

Race

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

Interviewee

Interviewer

Organization/Affiliation

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:

Willie, Michael Lloyd, Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Sarah Bowen, and Jack Danner Jr. Jack Danner, Jr. Collection. 1963. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.06052/.

APA citation style:

Willie, M. L., Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Bowen, S. & Danner Jr, J. (1963) Jack Danner, Jr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.06052/.

MLA citation style:

Willie, Michael Lloyd, et al. Jack Danner, Jr. Collection. 1963. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.06052/>.