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William Muhm [2009]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Service Unit/Ship: 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT)
  • Location of Service: Anbar Province, Iraq
  • Highest Rank: Commander
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/70708

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"I was the only priest those Marines would see for seven months." (Video Interview, 19:58)

William Muhm first enlisted in the Navy out of college. He left the service for a career in accounting but soon heeded a call to enroll in the seminary. A Navy chaplain since 1998, Muhm served in Iraq's Anbar Province from January 2008 to January 2009. He had to cover a huge area of the province and was on the road every week he was deployed. His biggest challenge was avoiding discouragement when the men were too preoccupied to attend Mass. At the time of his interview, Father Muhm was at Annapolis as Catholic Chaplain of the Naval Academy, also dealing with a large work load but under less trying circumstances.

Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • William J. Muhm Collection

Names

  • Muhm, William J.
  • Emma, Daniel
  • Hudson, Christopher

Home State

  • Maryland

Headings

  • -  Muhm, William J.
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Service Unit/Ship: 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT)
    • Location of Service: Anbar Province, Iraq
    • Highest Rank: Commander
    • Dates of Service: 1998
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a regimental chaplain.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2009-10-17)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/70708

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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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:

Muhm, William J, Daniel Emma, and Christopher Hudson. William J. Muhm Collection. 1998. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.70708/.

APA citation style:

Muhm, W. J., Emma, D. & Hudson, C. (1998) William J. Muhm Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.70708/.

MLA citation style:

Muhm, William J, Daniel Emma, and Christopher Hudson. William J. Muhm Collection. 1998. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.70708/>.