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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Korean War, 1950-1953; World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Air Force; Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: 3011th Army Air Force Base Unit (AAFBU); 443rd AAFBU; 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force; Army Air Force Reserve; 33rd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; 93rd Bomb Wing; 50th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing; 438th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, 438th Military Airlift Wing; 47th Field Maintenance Squadron, 47th Bomb Wing
  • Location of Service: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Greenville Air Force Base, Mississippi; RAF Sculthorpe, England; Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas; Camp Kearns, Utah; Spearfish, South Dakota; Santa Ana, Twentynine Palms, Victorville, Ontario Field, and Hamilton Field, California; Marana Air Base, and Anjo, Arizona; Southwest Pacific; Newport News, Virginia; New Guinea; Lingayen, and Leyte (Philippines); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Japan; Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas; James Connally Air Force Base, Texas; Castle Air Force Base, California; March Air Force Base, California; Anderson Air Force Base, Guam (Mariana Islands); Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee; Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; Thailand; Tachikawa Air Base, Japan; McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan; Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Da Nang Air Base, Hue, Dong Ha, and English, Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: Major; Captain; Second Lieutenant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/15195

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • William S. Sleeper Collection

Names

  • Aerospace Museum of California
  • Davis, Dwight Merritt
  • Sleeper, William S.

Home State

  • Utah

Headings

  • -  Sleeper, William S.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives

Repository

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

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: 3011th Army Air Force Base Unit (AAFBU); 443rd AAFBU; 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, 5th Air Force; Army Air Force Reserve
    • Location of Service: Camp Kearns, Utah; Spearfish, South Dakota; Santa Ana, Twentynine Palms, Victorville, Ontario Field, and Hamilton Field, California; Marana Air Base, and Anjo, Arizona; Southwest Pacific; Newport News, Virginia; New Guinea; Lingayen, and Leyte (Philippines); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Japan
    • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1969
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 47th Field Maintenance Squadron, 47th Bomb Wing
    • Location of Service: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Greenville Air Force Base, Mississippi; RAF Sculthorpe, England; Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Service Unit/Ship: 33rd Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; 93rd Bomb Wing; 50th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing; 438th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, 438th Military Airlift Wing
    • Location of Service: Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; Schilling Air Force Base, Kansas; James Connally Air Force Base, Texas; Castle Air Force Base, California; March Air Force Base, California; Anderson Air Force Base, Guam (Mariana Islands); Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee; Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; Thailand; Tachikawa Air Base, Japan; McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey; Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan; Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, Da Nang Air Base, Hue, Dong Ha, and English, Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a maintenance control officer and C130 aircraft pilot.

Materials

  • Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2004-01-27)
  • Manuscript: Memoir [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2004)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2007-02-08; 2007-02-08)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/15195

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Wars & Conflicts

Service Branch

Location of Service

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

Service Entrance

Discharge Status

Home State

Interviewee

Interviewer

Organization/Affiliation

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:

Aerospace Museum Of California, Dwight Merritt Davis, and William S Sleeper. William S. Sleeper Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.15195/.

APA citation style:

Aerospace Museum Of California, Davis, D. M. & Sleeper, W. S. (1943) William S. Sleeper Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.15195/.

MLA citation style:

Aerospace Museum Of California, Dwight Merritt Davis, and William S Sleeper. William S. Sleeper Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.15195/>.