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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Unit of Service: 422nd Signal Aviation Company
  • Location of Service: China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
  • Highest Rank: Technician Five

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An Air Force technician in the 422nd Signal Aviation Company, Juan Rocha served in China, Burma, and India, conveying messages by radio from front combat lines to camp headquarters. In northern Burma, where he spent several months replacing and repairing radios, it was often necessary to deliver messages on foot. One night while delivering a four-star (high priority) message, Rocha was attacked and knocked unconscious by a sniper. Limping to his commanding officer’s tent hours later, he was nearly shot when he stumbled over a string of cans placed to announce intruders. “After that incident,” says Rocha, “I never traveled alone.”

Juan J. Rocha Collection
Interview / Recording

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Juan J. Rocha Collection
Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Juan J. Rocha Collection

Names

  • Mac-Elhinney, Beverly
  • Fischer, Maxine
  • Rocha, Juan J.
  • AARP, California

State of Birth

  • CA

Home State

  • CA

Headings

  • -  Rocha, Juan J.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Unit of Service: 422nd Signal Aviation Company
    • Location of Service: China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater
    • Highest Rank: Technician Five
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/08/2004)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 01/17/2007)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 11/30/2007)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/24137

Cite as

  • Juan J. Rocha Collection (AFC/2001/001/24137), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio

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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.

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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:

Mac-Elhinney, Beverly, Maxine Fischer, Juan J Rocha, and California Aarp. Juan J. Rocha Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.24137/.

APA citation style:

Mac-Elhinney, B., Fischer, M., Rocha, J. J. & Aarp, C. (1943) Juan J. Rocha Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.24137/.

MLA citation style:

Mac-Elhinney, Beverly, et al. Juan J. Rocha Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.24137/>.