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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: VF-83 (Fighter Squadron); USS Essex (CV 9)
  • Location of Service: United States
  • Highest Rank: Captain

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"If we appeared to take death lightly, it was because we had to in order to keep from going crazy." (Memoir)

Working in a civilian aircraft plant in 1942, Missouri farm boy Glen Wallace fell in love twice—with a co-worker who became his future wife and with the idea of flying in the Navy. He enlisted and achieved his dream, making a 30-year career out of piloting planes for the Navy. He and his fellow pilots were a cocky bunch with a penchant for practical jokes. That confidence would serve them well through many harrowing missions over Japan in the final months of the war. He lost many buddies, some of them just before VJ Day.

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About this Item

Title

  • Glen Harold Wallace Collection

Names

  • Wallace, Glen Harold
  • United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter 21
  • Collins, Ella

State of Birth

  • AR

Home State

  • FL

Headings

  • -  Wallace, Glen Harold
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Other

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: VF-83 (Fighter Squadron); USS Essex (CV 9)
    • Location of Service: United States
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1971
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Diaries and Journals [1 item] -- (collected 1942 - 1947)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [5 items] -- Photograph (collected 1945)
  • Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- (collected 1942 - 1947)
  • Manuscript: Mixed (Multiple types of manuscripts) [1 item] -- (collected 1945)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/11540

Cite as

  • Glen Harold Wallace Collection (AFC/2001/001/11540), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image

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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:

Wallace, Glen Harold, Chapter 21 United Daughters Of The Confederacy, and Ella Collins. Glen Harold Wallace Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.11540/.

APA citation style:

Wallace, G. H., United Daughters Of The Confederacy, C. 2. & Collins, E. (1942) Glen Harold Wallace Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.11540/.

MLA citation style:

Wallace, Glen Harold, Chapter 21 United Daughters Of The Confederacy, and Ella Collins. Glen Harold Wallace Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.11540/>.