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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953; Cold War; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Air Force; Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force; 64th North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region Combat Operations Center; Air Command and Staff College; Royal Air Force Fighter Command; Headquarters, 31st NORAD Region; 507th Tactical Control Group; Commander of Direct Air Support Center (DASC), VII Corps; 601st Tactical Control Group; Assistant Director of Command and Control Systems, Headquarters, NORAD/ADCOM; 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group (FBG); 3625th Combat Crew Training Group; US Air Force Aircraft Control School
  • Location of Service: Shaw AFB, South Carolina; Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, and Sembach, Germany; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Miami Beach, Florida; Fort Meyers, Florida; Eglin Field, Florida; Clemson, South Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Maxwell Field, Alabama; Napier Field, Alabama; Douglas Field, Georgia; Cochran Field, Georgia; Peterborough, England; Truax Field, Wisconsin; Chanute Field, Illinois; Chanute Field, Illinois; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Korea; Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; Pepperell AFB, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada; Maxwell AFB, Alabama; England; Vietnam; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant; Lieutenant Colonel; Colonel; Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/45016

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Joseph Anthony Peterburs Collection

Names

  • Aerospace Museum of California
  • Peterburs, Joseph Anthony
  • Davis, Dwight Merritt

Home State

  • California

Headings

  • -  Peterburs, Joseph Anthony
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
  • -  Prisoner of War -- United States
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: 55th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force
    • Location of Service: Miami Beach, Florida; Fort Meyers, Florida; Eglin Field, Florida; Clemson, South Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Maxwell Field, Alabama; Napier Field, Alabama; Douglas Field, Georgia; Cochran Field, Georgia; Peterborough, England; Truax Field, Wisconsin; Chanute Field, Illinois
    • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1979
    • Prisoner of War: Yes
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group (FBG); 3625th Combat Crew Training Group; US Air Force Aircraft Control School
    • Location of Service: Chanute Field, Illinois; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Korea; Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Service Unit/Ship: 64th North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region Combat Operations Center; Air Command and Staff College; Royal Air Force Fighter Command; Headquarters, 31st NORAD Region
    • Location of Service: Pepperell AFB, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada; Maxwell AFB, Alabama; England; Vietnam; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Cold War

    • Service Unit/Ship: 507th Tactical Control Group; Commander of Direct Air Support Center (DASC), VII Corps; 601st Tactical Control Group; Assistant Director of Command and Control Systems, Headquarters, NORAD/ADCOM
    • Location of Service: Shaw AFB, South Carolina; Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, and Sembach, Germany; Colorado Springs, Colorado
    • Highest Rank: Colonel
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: Aerospace Defense Command (ADCOM)

Materials

  • Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2006-05-16)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2000)
  • Manuscript: Memoir [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2005-2007)
  • Photograph: Digital print [19 items] -- Photographs (collected 1943-1967)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/45016

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Wars & Conflicts

Service Branch

Location of Service

Battles & Campaigns

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

Service Entrance

Discharge Status

Prisoner of War

Gender

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, Joseph Anthony Peterburs, and Dwight Merritt Davis. Joseph Anthony Peterburs Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.45016/.

APA citation style:

Aerospace Museum Of California, Peterburs, J. A. & Davis, D. M. (1942) Joseph Anthony Peterburs Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.45016/.

MLA citation style:

Aerospace Museum Of California, Joseph Anthony Peterburs, and Dwight Merritt Davis. Joseph Anthony Peterburs Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.45016/>.