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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991; Afghan War, 2001-
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Service Unit/Ship: 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing; 1620th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional); Headquarters Air Mobility Command; 98th Air Refueling Squadron; 92nd Air Refueling Squadron; 416th Air Expeditionary Group; 317th Airlift Group; 375th Operations Group; 349th Air Refueling Squadron
  • Location of Service: Uzbekistan; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas; Washington, DC; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; Germany; United Arab Emirates; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Turkey; Saudi Arabia
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/123223

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Alvin M. Lowry, Jr. Collection

Names

  • National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
  • Gillam, Henry C.
  • MacIntyre, Marianna
  • Lowry Jr., Alvin M.

Home State

  • South Carolina

Headings

  • -  Lowry Jr., Alvin M.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • American Indian and Alaskan Native

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 61st Tactical Airlift Squadron, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing; 1620th Tactical Airlift Wing (Provisional); Headquarters Air Mobility Command; 98th Air Refueling Squadron; 92nd Air Refueling Squadron
    • Location of Service: Colorado Springs, Colorado; Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas; Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas; Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas; Washington, DC; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; Germany; United Arab Emirates; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Turkey; Saudi Arabia
    • Highest Rank: Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1982-2011
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Afghan War, 2001-

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 416th Air Expeditionary Group; 317th Airlift Group; 375th Operations Group; 349th Air Refueling Squadron
    • Location of Service: Uzbekistan
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: Flash Drive [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2022-04-13)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/123223

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:

National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America, Henry C Gillam, Marianna Macintyre, and Alvin M Lowry Jr. Alvin M. Lowry, Jr. Collection. 1982. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.123223/.

APA citation style:

National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America, Gillam, H. C., Macintyre, M. & Lowry Jr, A. M. (1982) Alvin M. Lowry, Jr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.123223/.

MLA citation style:

National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America, et al. Alvin M. Lowry, Jr. Collection. 1982. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.123223/>.