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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Unit of Service: 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
  • Location of Service: North Africa; Scotland; Norway; Turkey; European Theater; England
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

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Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML

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Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML
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[ Photo Album ]
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[ Special Orders No. 44 [8/30/1943] ]
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[ Special Order No. 89 [9/16/1943] ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Ploesti Aftermath" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Lassie Come Home Didn't" and a response to the article ]

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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "How to Feel Like a Fool" ]
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[ Article: "U.S. Veterans' Deep Affection for East Anglia" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Scorpion Eggs Scrambled Hamm" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "The Sandbagger" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Hethel Highlights" ]
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[ Article submitted by Earl Zimmerman - "B-17s delivered and took a punch" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Dining with the Enemy" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Shot Down by the Battleship Archangel" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Hethel Highlights" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Hethel Highlights" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Hethel Highlights - The Mysterious Shooter" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Hethel Highlights" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Tea Time…(Somehow it just wasn't our bag!)" ]
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[ Article written by Earl Zimmerman - "Double to the Rear, March?!" ]
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About this Item

Title

  • Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection

Names

  • Zimmerman, Earl Leonard
  • U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
  • Reser, Lesley
  • Lugar, Richard
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Sue Cowen

State of Birth

  • IN

Home State

  • IN

Headings

  • -  Zimmerman, Earl Leonard
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Unit of Service: 389th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force
    • Location of Service: North Africa; Scotland; Norway; Turkey; European Theater; England
    • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1945
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran sustained injuries in an air collision.

Materials

  • Photograph: Original photographic print [1 item] -- Portrait (collected 05/02/2002)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [15 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 05/02/2002)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 05/02/2002)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 05/02/2002)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 05/02/2002)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/1091

Cite as

  • Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection (AFC/2001/001/1091), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text
  • image

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/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:

Zimmerman, Earl Leonard, U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar, Lesley Reser, Richard Lugar, National Court Reporters Association, and Sue Cowen. Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01091/.

APA citation style:

Zimmerman, E. L., U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar, Reser, L., Lugar, R., National Court Reporters Association & Sue Cowen. (1942) Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01091/.

MLA citation style:

Zimmerman, Earl Leonard, et al. Earl Leonard Zimmerman Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.01091/>.