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Joelpatrick Leger [detail from video]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 2nd Infantry Division; 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR); A Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
  • Location of Service: Bahamas; Korea; Egypt; Kuwait; Iraq; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Hunter Field, Georgia
  • Highest Rank: Specialist
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/67449

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"You were either scared or bored the entire time, mostly we were just bored." (Video interview, 45:15)

Specialist Joelpatrick Leger knew from an early age that he would join the military. Drawn to the Army's aviation program, he enlisted right out of high school. A knee injury prevented him from becoming a pilot, but it didn't stop him from flying. As a Black Hawk helicopter crew chief, he served in the Bahamas and in Korea before deploying to Iraq in 2003. While in Iraq he logged more than five hundred hours of flying time, transporting troops and equipment, often through sandstorms and enemy fire.

Interview / Recording

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About this Item

Title

  • Joelpatrick Victor Leger Collection

Names

  • Leger, Joelpatrick Victor
  • Hurst, Eileen M.
  • McGuckin, Briana
  • Central Connecticut State University

Home State

  • Connecticut

Headings

  • -  Leger, Joelpatrick Victor
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 2nd Infantry Division; 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR); A Company, 5th Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
    • Location of Service: Bahamas; Korea; Egypt; Kuwait; Iraq; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Hunter Field, Georgia
    • Highest Rank: Specialist
    • Dates of Service: 1997-2004
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a H-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2007-11-05; 2009-04-13)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2004)
  • Photograph: Digital print [140 items] -- Photograph (collected 2003-2007)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/67449

Cite as

  • Joelpatrick Victor Leger Collection (AFC/2001/001/67449), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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.

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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:

Leger, Joelpatrick Victor, Eileen M Hurst, Briana McGuckin, and Central Connecticut State University. Joelpatrick Victor Leger Collection. 1997. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.67449/.

APA citation style:

Leger, J. V., Hurst, E. M., McGuckin, B. & Central Connecticut State University. (1997) Joelpatrick Victor Leger Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.67449/.

MLA citation style:

Leger, Joelpatrick Victor, et al. Joelpatrick Victor Leger Collection. 1997. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.67449/>.