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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: The veteran served as a team leader and gunner.
  • War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division
  • Location of Service: Washington, DC; Germany; Iraq
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

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"Ceramics is personal to me." (Video interview, 5:55)

A California native, Judas Recendez grew up in a military family, and enlisted in the Army in 2002. Severely injured during his second deployment to Iraq in 2006, he lost both his legs below the knee when his vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). During a year-long rehabilitation period at Walter Reed Medical Center, he started visiting the hospital’s art center, and rediscovered his love of art, particularly ceramics. Following his recovery, he attended the Corcoran School of Arts and Design, and in his current role as a practicing ceramic artist, uses a pottery wheel adapted with a hand pump.

About this Item

Title

  • Judas E. Recendez Collection

Names

  • Feldman, Beverly
  • Recendez, Judas E.
  • Sauvion, Carol
  • Craft in America

State of Birth

  • VA

Home State

  • VA

Headings

  • -  Recendez, Judas E.
  • -  Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Afghan War, 2001-

    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a team leader and gunner.
    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division
    • Location of Service: Washington, DC; Germany
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 2003-2007
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Location of Service: Iraq
    • Dates of Service: ?-?
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 04/13/2015)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/110295

Cite as

  • Judas E. Recendez Collection (AFC/2001/001/110295), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • 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.

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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:

Feldman, Beverly, Judas E Recendez, Carol Sauvion, and Craft In America. Judas E. Recendez Collection. 2003. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.110295/.

APA citation style:

Feldman, B., Recendez, J. E., Sauvion, C. & Craft In America. (2003) Judas E. Recendez Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.110295/.

MLA citation style:

Feldman, Beverly, et al. Judas E. Recendez Collection. 2003. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.110295/>.