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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 82nd Medical Company (Air Ambulance)
  • Location of Service: Woodstock and Chicago, Illinois; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Lewis, Washington; Heidelberg, Germany; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Iraq
  • Highest Rank: Captain

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"Sometimes I can have a soldier in the hands of a surgeon within 30 minutes of his being injured." (Audio Interview, 40:10)

Flying medical evacuation missions during two tours of duty in Iraq, Drew Larson came to understand how speed does not kill, but it saves lives. Responding to a call and being in the air within ten minutes is where the process started. Larson cannot recall a wounded soldier dying before he and his crew delivered the patient for treatment, though he does reveal what term the Marines use to refer to a comrade who loses the final battle before he or she can be evacuated.

Drew David Larson Collection
Interview / Recording

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About this Item

Title

  • Drew David Larson Collection

Names

  • Cook Memorial Public Library
  • Larson, Drew David
  • Bassett, Ellen

State of Birth

  • IL

Home State

  • IL

Headings

  • -  Larson, Drew David
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 82nd Medical Company (Air Ambulance)
    • Location of Service: Woodstock and Chicago, Illinois; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Lewis, Washington; Heidelberg, Germany; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Iraq
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1994-?
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Photograph: Digital print [6 items] -- Photograph (collected 2005 - 2006)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 12/07/2006)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 12/07/2006)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 12/07/2006)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/53032

Cite as

  • Drew David Larson Collection (AFC/2001/001/53032), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

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.

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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:

Cook Memorial Public Library, Drew David Larson, and Ellen Bassett. Drew David Larson Collection. 1994. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.53032/.

APA citation style:

Cook Memorial Public Library, Larson, D. D. & Bassett, E. (1994) Drew David Larson Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.53032/.

MLA citation style:

Cook Memorial Public Library, Drew David Larson, and Ellen Bassett. Drew David Larson Collection. 1994. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.53032/>.