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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: The veteran served from 12/1935 to 1939 and 1941 to 1945. "Peace time" is written above USS Tennessee and USS West Virginia. The veteran attended mine sweeping school in Guam.
  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: USS Arizona (BB 39); USS Maryland (BB 46); USS Tennessee (BB 43); USS West Virginia (BB 48); USS Laramie (AO 16)
  • Location of Service: Pacific Theater; Guam (Mariana Islands); Aleutian Islands; Atlantic Ocean
  • Highest Rank: Chief Boatswain's Mate

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Lawrence Leslie Byrd Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Lawrence Leslie Byrd Collection

Names

  • McClain, Patricia
  • U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
  • Lugar, Richard
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Byrd, Lawrence Leslie
  • Susan Stuart

State of Birth

  • IN

Home State

  • IN

Headings

  • -  Byrd, Lawrence Leslie
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • American Indian and Alaskan Native

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Service History Note: The veteran served from 12/1935 to 1939 and 1941 to 1945. "Peace time" is written above USS Tennessee and USS West Virginia. The veteran attended mine sweeping school in Guam.
    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: USS Arizona (BB 39); USS Maryland (BB 46); USS Tennessee (BB 43); USS West Virginia (BB 48); USS Laramie (AO 16)
    • Location of Service: Pacific Theater; Guam (Mariana Islands); Aleutian Islands; Atlantic Ocean
    • Highest Rank: Chief Boatswain's Mate
    • Dates of Service: 1935-1939
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Photograph: Original photographic print [1 item] -- Portrait (collected 05/13/2002)
  • Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 04/23/2002)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 04/23/2002)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/666

Cite as

  • Lawrence Leslie Byrd Collection (AFC/2001/001/666), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text
  • image

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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:

Mcclain, Patricia, U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar, Richard Lugar, National Court Reporters Association, Lawrence Leslie Byrd, and Susan Stuart. Lawrence Leslie Byrd Collection. 1935. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.00666/.

APA citation style:

McClain, P., U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar, Lugar, R., National Court Reporters Association, Byrd, L. L. & Susan Stuart. (1935) Lawrence Leslie Byrd Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.00666/.

MLA citation style:

Mcclain, Patricia, et al. Lawrence Leslie Byrd Collection. 1935. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.00666/>.