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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
  • Location of Service: Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; Korea
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

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“I was luckier than a lot of people.”

Drafted after he graduated from college in the summer of 1952, journalism student Robert Krishef was classified as an infantryman and sent off to Korea. But he caught a couple of breaks, arriving only a few months before the truce which ended hostilities and getting assigned to the Public Information Office, where he could hone his skills in writing about his company’s exploits. He also got close-up looks at celebrities who were entertaining the troops, most notably Marilyn Monroe.

Robert K. Krishef Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML

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About this Item

Title

  • Robert K. Krishef Collection

Names

  • Krishef, Robert K.
  • Kuentz, Patricia
  • Recollections-A Portrait of a Life
  • Elaine Audette DeCaporale
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)

State of Birth

  • MN

Home State

  • MN

Headings

  • -  Krishef, Robert K.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania; Korea
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1952-1954
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: Veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was a public information officer for the Army.

Materials

  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Digital Print [22 items] -- Photograph (collected unknown)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/14/2003)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 3/22/2006)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 07/14/2002)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 12/2006)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/8284

Cite as

  • Robert K. Krishef Collection (AFC/2001/001/8284), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

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:

Krishef, Robert K, Patricia Kuentz, Recollections-A Portrait Of A Life, Elaine Audette Decaporale, and National Court Reporters Association. Robert K. Krishef Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.08284/.

APA citation style:

Krishef, R. K., Kuentz, P., Recollections-A Portrait Of A Life, Elaine Audette Decaporale & National Court Reporters Association. (1952) Robert K. Krishef Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.08284/.

MLA citation style:

Krishef, Robert K, et al. Robert K. Krishef Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.08284/>.