Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Vaughn Brown Russell Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Marine Corps
- Unit of Service: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
- Location of Service: Guam (Mariana Islands); Iwo Jima
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/52895
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About this Item
Title
- Vaughn Brown Russell Collection
Names
- Healy, Thomas J.
- Delaware Project- Voices of World War II
- Russell, Vaughn Brown
Home State
- Delaware
Headings
- - Russell, Vaughn Brown
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Marine Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Marine Corps
- Unit of Service: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
- Location of Service: Guam (Mariana Islands); Iwo Jima
- Highest Rank: Private First Class
- Dates of Service: 1943-1949
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: According to the veteran's biographical form, "of about ten or more regiments involved on Iwo Jima, the 9th Marines was the only one to get its own Presidential Unit Citation. We had 2089 casualties. At one time a private first class (PFC) was the company commander."
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-03-04; 2006-12-04)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2007-09-19)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2006-03-12; 2007-09-21)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/52895
Cite as
- Vaughn Brown Russell Collection (AFC/2001/001/52895), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video