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Arthur Guerrero [2008]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP), 191st Military Intelligence Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division
  • Location of Service: Fort Polk, Louisiana; An Khe, Vietnam; Happy Valley, Vietnam; Bon Son, Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: E-5
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/64052

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"I accept the responsibility for advocating for those who can’t, because I’ve already paid the price, and I have that right." (Video Interview, 1:08:26)

Arthur Guerrero arrived in Vietnam in September 1966, and on his first mission in the field, he saw the man next to him killed and others around him wounded. He escaped injury that time, but he wasn’t so fortunate seven months later. Horribly wounded and piled into a helicopter like a piece of wood with corpses and other wounded, Guerrero hung on to life and underwent extensive rehabilitation. "I never thought of myself as being courageous but self-sustaining," he told an interviewer many years later. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ten years after his wounding, and from his wheelchair, he has been fighting another battle, this one for the rights of veterans to the best medical care possible.

Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Arthur Lee Guerrero Collection

Names

  • Guerrero, Arthur Lee
  • Dingmann, Daniel
  • Community College of Aurora
  • Zicko, Margaret

State of Birth

  • CO

Home State

  • CO

Headings

  • -  Guerrero, Arthur Lee
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP), 191st Military Intelligence Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Polk, Louisiana; An Khe, Vietnam; Happy Valley, Vietnam; Bon Son, Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: E-5
    • Dates of Service: 1966-1967
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: Veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as part of the front line military intelligence for the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 04/18/2008)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 04/18/2008)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/64052

Cite as

  • Arthur Lee Guerrero Collection (AFC/2001/001/64052), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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:

Guerrero, Arthur Lee, Daniel Dingmann, Community College Of Aurora, and Margaret Zicko. Arthur Lee Guerrero Collection. 1966. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.64052/.

APA citation style:

Guerrero, A. L., Dingmann, D., Community College Of Aurora & Zicko, M. (1966) Arthur Lee Guerrero Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.64052/.

MLA citation style:

Guerrero, Arthur Lee, et al. Arthur Lee Guerrero Collection. 1966. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.64052/>.