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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Headquarters, 23rd Infantry Division; 170th Assault Helicopter Company and 155th Assault Helicopter Company, 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade
  • Location of Service: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Lee, Virginia; Korea; Fort MacArthur, California; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Wolters, Texas; Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Vietnam; Fort Rucker, Alabama
  • Highest Rank: Major

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"Our job was to support the infantry and their life was absolutely miserable, so whatever we did to make it better, that's what we did." (Video interview, Part 2, 1:47)

John McCullough's family tradition--two uncles in the Navy, his father a career Army man--served him well when he enlisted in the Army Reserves as a senior in high school. He had three goals in mind when he joined, though those changed a bit as he encountered certain obstacles. He had been in the Army for over ten years when he was assigned to the first of two tours of Vietnam, flying helicopters on support missions and training crews and other pilots. He did get to see his father, who was still serving and was in country during his son's first tour. McCullough's collection includes home movie footage shot in country, a visual accompaniment to his candid and detailed interview.

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[ Untitled official press release by 2nd LT. Steven R. Gailar [12/30/1969] ]
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[ Biography of John McCullough ]

About this Item

Title

  • John Lansford McCullough Collection

Names

  • WRCB-TV Channel 3
  • Bowen, Sarah
  • McCullough, John Lansford
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Nancy Bond Rowland
  • Willie, Michael

State of Birth

  • TN

Home State

  • TN

Headings

  • -  McCullough, John Lansford
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Headquarters, 23rd Infantry Division; 170th Assault Helicopter Company and 155th Assault Helicopter Company, 52nd Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade
    • Location of Service: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Lee, Virginia; Korea; Fort MacArthur, California; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Wolters, Texas; Germany; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Vietnam; Fort Rucker, Alabama
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Dates of Service: 1952-1974
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served with A Battery, 26th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division; 554th Missile Battalion; Headquarters Company, 2nd Medium Tank Battalion, 66th Armor, 4th Armor Division; 2nd Airborne Battle Group, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; A Company (Airmobile), 24th Aviation Battalion, 24th Infantry Division; and Tactical Training Division.

Materials

  • Video: Betacam SP [3 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 07/13/2004)
  • Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 12/30/1969)
  • Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Copy photographic print [11 items] -- Photograph (collected 1966)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Home movie footage (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 01/23/1970)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 07/13/2004)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/26572

Cite as

  • John Lansford McCullough Collection (AFC/2001/001/26572), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

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:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Sarah Bowen, John Lansford McCullough, National Court Reporters Association, Nancy Bond Rowland, and Michael Willie. John Lansford McCullough Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.26572/.

APA citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Bowen, S., McCullough, J. L., National Court Reporters Association, Nancy Bond Rowland & Willie, M. (1952) John Lansford McCullough Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.26572/.

MLA citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, et al. John Lansford McCullough Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.26572/>.