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Thomas Carper

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: 7th Fleet, CTF 72
  • Location of Service: Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; North Island, California; Moffett, California; Pacific Ocean; South China Sea; Gulf of Thailand
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/2338

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"...I loved what we did. I never gave up..."

Tom Carper became Delaware's Junior U.S. Senator in January 2001 after serving two terms as State Governor and five terms as Delaware's Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. Carper completed five years of service as a Naval Flight Officer, serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He went on to serve another 18 years in the Reserves, achieving the rank of Captain. His story reflects the incredibly high standards he set for himself and his flight comrades.

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About this Item

Title

  • Thomas Richard Carper Collection

Names

  • Carper, Thomas Richard
  • Winkler, David F.
  • Veterans History Project
  • Library of Congress

Home State

  • Delaware

Headings

  • -  Carper, Thomas Richard
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: 7th Fleet, CTF 72
    • Location of Service: Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; North Island, California; Moffett, California; Pacific Ocean; South China Sea; Gulf of Thailand
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1968
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran entered the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) at Ohio State in 1964 and was commissioned in 1968.

Materials

  • Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 2002-09-17)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2002-09-17)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [2 items] -- Portrait (collected 1969)
  • Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-09-17)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-09-17)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/2338

Cite as

  • Thomas Richard Carper Collection (AFC/2001/001/2338), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

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Citing VHP Materials

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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:

Carper, Thomas Richard, David F Winkler, Veterans History Project, and Library Of Congress. Thomas Richard Carper Collection. 1968. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02338/.

APA citation style:

Carper, T. R., Winkler, D. F., Veterans History Project & Library Of Congress. (1968) Thomas Richard Carper Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02338/.

MLA citation style:

Carper, Thomas Richard, et al. Thomas Richard Carper Collection. 1968. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.02338/>.