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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Location of Service: Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant

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John Alfred Ringhofer Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • John Alfred Ringhofer Collection

Names

  • John Ringhofer
  • James, Marie
  • VA Medical Center, Chicago Health Care Systems
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Ringhofer, John Alfred
  • George, Ellen

State of Birth

  • IL

Home State

  • IL

Headings

  • -  Ringhofer, John Alfred
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Location of Service: Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
    • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1967-1980
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Audio: Microcassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 08/18/2004)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 01/15/1980)
  • Photograph: Digital print [7 items] -- Photograph (collected 1967 - 1978)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 08/18/2004)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 08/18/2004)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 09/24/2008)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/23348

Cite as

  • John Alfred Ringhofer Collection (AFC/2001/001/23348), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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/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:

John Ringhofer, Marie James, Chicago Health Care Systems Va Medical Center, National Court Reporters Association, John Alfred Ringhofer, and Ellen George. John Alfred Ringhofer Collection. 1967. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.23348/.

APA citation style:

John Ringhofer, James, M., Va Medical Center, C. H. C. S., National Court Reporters Association, Ringhofer, J. A. & George, E. (1967) John Alfred Ringhofer Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.23348/.

MLA citation style:

John Ringhofer, et al. John Alfred Ringhofer Collection. 1967. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.23348/>.