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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Afghan War, 2001-; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • Branch of Service: Air Force; Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry Regiment; New Mexico Army National Guard; Headquarters, Coalition Joint Task Force Phoenix; 150th Security Forces Squadron (SFS); New Mexico Air National Guard; 150th Security Police Flight; New Mexico Air National Guard
  • Location of Service: Afghanistan; New Mexico; United States Military Compound and Refueling Center, Saudi Arabia; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Ecuador; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  • Highest Rank: Major; Technical Sergeant; Senior Airman
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/103437

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Gerald P. Torres Collection

Names

  • Johnson, Johnny
  • Torres, Gerald P.

Home State

  • New Mexico

Headings

  • -  Torres, Gerald P.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 150th Security Police Flight; New Mexico Air National Guard
    • Location of Service: United States Military Compound and Refueling Center, Saudi Arabia; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
    • Highest Rank: Senior Airman
    • Dates of Service: 1986
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran's duties included refueling fighter planes.

  • War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 150th Security Forces Squadron (SFS); New Mexico Air National Guard
    • Location of Service: Ecuador; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
    • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a Spanish translator and liaison for US Air Force Security Forces and Ecuadorean Security Forces.

  • Afghan War, 2001-

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry Regiment; New Mexico Army National Guard; Headquarters, Coalition Joint Task Force Phoenix
    • Location of Service: Afghanistan; New Mexico
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran's duties included the training of Afghan police. He served as a team leader for police mentor team. He trained and mentored Afghan police in their own village and town.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2015-09-02; 2016)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2015-09-02; 2016)
  • Manuscript: Memoir [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2015)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/103437

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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/[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:

Johnson, Johnny, and Gerald P Torres. Gerald P. Torres Collection. 1986. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.103437/.

APA citation style:

Johnson, J. & Torres, G. P. (1986) Gerald P. Torres Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.103437/.

MLA citation style:

Johnson, Johnny, and Gerald P Torres. Gerald P. Torres Collection. 1986. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.103437/>.