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Dawn Stratton in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia [November 1990]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: Brigade Service Support Group 7, 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
  • Location of Service: Quantico, Virginia; Little Creek, Virginia; Camp Pendleton, California; Jubail, Saudi Arabia; Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/39172

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"It felt like being in a really, really big oven with people screaming at you." (Audio interview, 2:14)

Like many newly minted members of the Marine Corps, Captain Dawn Stratton found herself wondering what she had gotten herself into during her first days in the service. She survived her training by "taking it one day at a time," and using the old trick of picturing everyone in their underwear to defuse her stress. As she relates in her oral history, her deployment during the Persian Gulf War served up challenges ranging from terrible food to difficult colleagues to nightly air raids, but she faced it all with her characteristic sense of humor.

Dawn Maria Stratton Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Dawn Maria Stratton Collection

Names

  • Stratton, Alice Marie
  • Stratton, Dawn Maria

Home State

  • Florida

Headings

  • -  Stratton, Dawn Maria
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: Brigade Service Support Group 7, 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
    • Location of Service: Quantico, Virginia; Little Creek, Virginia; Camp Pendleton, California; Jubail, Saudi Arabia; Fort Sam Houston, Texas
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1987-1992
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2009-05-28; 2009-06-10)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2009-05-28)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-12-27)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [3 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1990)
  • Photograph: Digital print [5 items] -- Photographs (collected 1987-1991)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2007-11-07; 2007-11-07)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/39172

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

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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.

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Citing VHP Materials

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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:

Stratton, Alice Marie, and Dawn Maria Stratton. Dawn Maria Stratton Collection. 1987. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.39172/.

APA citation style:

Stratton, A. M. & Stratton, D. M. (1987) Dawn Maria Stratton Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.39172/.

MLA citation style:

Stratton, Alice Marie, and Dawn Maria Stratton. Dawn Maria Stratton Collection. 1987. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.39172/>.