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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
  • Unit of Service: 3rd Marine Division
  • Location of Service: California; Okinawa, Japan; Vietnam; Yuma, Arizona
  • Highest Rank: Lance Corporal

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"I’ve used my art my whole life." (Video interview, 28:31)

A member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, Harvey Phillip Pratt spent his childhood as a student at St. Patrick’s Indian Mission. After the discipline and strict environment of boarding school, he had no trouble adjusting to life in the Marine Corps. Sent to Vietnam in 1963, he was stationed in Da Nang as part of the 3rd Marine Division. Following his year in-country, he returned to Oklahoma, where he embarked on a career in law enforcement. A life-long interest in art led to a unique role within the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation: he became a nationally renowned forensic artist, with a special focus in soft tissue reconstruction. His artistic expressions extend beyond his career in law enforcement; he created the winning concept design for the National Native American Veterans Memorial, to be located on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

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About this Item

Title

  • Harvey Phillip Pratt Collection

Names

  • Pratt, Harvey Phillip
  • Earring, Martin
  • National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)

State of Birth

  • OK

Home State

  • OK

Headings

  • -  Pratt, Harvey Phillip
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.

Notes

  • -  The veteran is affiliated with the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • American Indian and Alaskan Native

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Unit of Service: 3rd Marine Division
    • Location of Service: California; Okinawa, Japan; Vietnam; Yuma, Arizona
    • Highest Rank: Lance Corporal
    • Dates of Service: 1963-1965
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Audio: Digital File [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/22/2018)
  • Video: Digital File [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/22/2018)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/112851

Cite as

  • Harvey Phillip Pratt Collection (AFC/2001/001/112851), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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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.

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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:

Pratt, Harvey Phillip, Martin Earring, and National Museum Of The American Indian. Harvey Phillip Pratt Collection. 1963. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.112851/.

APA citation style:

Pratt, H. P., Earring, M. & National Museum Of The American Indian. (1963) Harvey Phillip Pratt Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.112851/.

MLA citation style:

Pratt, Harvey Phillip, Martin Earring, and National Museum Of The American Indian. Harvey Phillip Pratt Collection. 1963. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.112851/>.