Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Malcolm T. Best Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army
- Service Unit/Ship: C Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division
- Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Media, Pennsylvania; Mannheim, Germany; Panama; Vietnam; Ohio; Fort Bliss, Texas; Tulle, Greenland; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/100575
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About this Item
Title
- Malcolm T. Best Collection
Names
- American Red Cross, Fort Bliss Texas Chapter
- Broillet, Gaetana
- Broillet, Gaetana F.
- Best, Malcolm T.
Home State
- Texas
Headings
- - Best, Malcolm T.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- Black or African American
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army
- Service Unit/Ship: C Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division
- Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; Media, Pennsylvania; Mannheim, Germany; Panama; Vietnam; Ohio; Fort Bliss, Texas; Tulle, Greenland; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
- Dates of Service: 1953-1975
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran served as a radar operator.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2015-07-07; 2015)
- Photograph: Original photographic print [3 items] -- Photographs (collected 1954-1970)
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photographs (collected 2013)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/100575
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Physical Form
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Fort Bliss, Texas
- Fort DIX, New Jersey
- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- Mannheim, Germany
- Media, Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Panama
- Tulle, Greenland
- Vietnam