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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: The veteran served as military advisor to Vietnamese Army for 12 months.
  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 5th Regimental Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division; Military Advisory Group Vietnam (MACV)
  • Location of Service: Vietnam; Germany; Seoul, Korea; Pusan, Korea; Masan, Korea; Ban Me Thuot, Korea
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class

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Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML

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Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML

About this Item

Title

  • Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection

Names

  • Wachter, Joseph Rodney
  • Campbell-Bice, Cassie
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Shorak, B.J.
  • Donna L. Linton

State of Birth

  • MD

Home State

  • DC

Headings

  • -  Wachter, Joseph Rodney
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 5th Regimental Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division
    • Location of Service: Seoul, Korea; Pusan, Korea; Masan, Korea; Ban Me Thuot, Korea
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Service History Note: The veteran served as military advisor to Vietnamese Army for 12 months.
    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Military Advisory Group Vietnam (MACV)
    • Location of Service: Vietnam; Germany
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1953)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [2 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 08/07/2009)
  • Manuscript: Maps [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [2 items] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 08/07/2009)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/73382

Cite as

  • Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection (AFC/2001/001/73382), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text

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.

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.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

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:

Wachter, Joseph Rodney, Cassie Campbell-Bice, National Court Reporters Association, B.J Shorak, and Donna L. Linton. Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.73382/.

APA citation style:

Wachter, J. R., Campbell-Bice, C., National Court Reporters Association, Shorak, B. J. & Donna L. Linton. Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.73382/.

MLA citation style:

Wachter, Joseph Rodney, et al. Joseph Rodney Wachter Collection. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.73382/>.