Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Rodney L. Mitchum Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Air Force
- Service Unit/Ship: Air Defense Command; Tactical Air Command, Europe; Recruiter Command; Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Location of Service: Spain; Berlin, Germany; South Carolina; Monkey Mountain, Vietnam; Da Nang, Vietnam; Alaska; North Carolina; Indiana; Georgia
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/84794
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About this Item
Title
- Rodney L. Mitchum Collection
Names
- Mitchum, Rodney L.
- Crew Pitts
- Chambers County Library and Cobb Memorial Archives
- Kirkpatrick, Paula
Home State
- Alabama
Headings
- - Mitchum, Rodney L.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Air Force.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Air Force
- Service Unit/Ship: Air Defense Command; Tactical Air Command, Europe; Recruiter Command; Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Location of Service: Spain; Berlin, Germany; South Carolina; Monkey Mountain, Vietnam; Da Nang, Vietnam; Alaska; North Carolina; Indiana; Georgia
- Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
- Dates of Service: 1963-1984
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran served as a radar operator. He also served four years as the assistant chief of central base administrations in Berlin, Germany.
Materials
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photographs (collected 2010-12-06)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2010-12-06; 2010)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2010-12-06)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/84794
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Physical Form
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Alaska
- Berlin, Germany
- Da Nang, Vietnam
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Monkey Mountain, Vietnam
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Spain
Battles & Campaigns
Service Unit/Ship
- Air Defense Command
- Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
- Recruiter Command
- Tactical Air Command, Europe