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Color print, Roberti with security camera on watch tower [5/2010]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Afghan War, 2001-
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan
  • Location of Service: Nuristan, Afghanistan; Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalagush, Afghanistan
  • Highest Rank: Chief Petty Officer
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/86644

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"I thought, if I was going to go to war, it would be from the inside of a ship… out in the middle of an ocean somewhere." (Audio interview, 4:04)

When Chief Petty Officer Anthony Roberti joined the Navy at the age of 22, he was continuing a long family tradition of Naval service. Trained as a communication specialist, he was sure that if he ever went to war, it would be from the inside of a ship. But in 2009, he deployed to Forward Operating Base Kalagush, in the remote Afghan province of Nuristan, to serve with a Provincial Reconstruction Team in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Over the course of his deployment, Roberti faced dangers he never expected in his Naval career, including narrowly avoiding being hit by shrapnel in his living quarters, and a rocket attack that destroyed a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle and a maintenance facility and left base personnel fighting fires for 8 hours. In 2010, after more than a year in Afghanistan, Roberti returned home to Illinois, where he was greeted by 100 of his closest friends and family members.

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About this Item

Title

  • Anthony Mario Roberti Collection

Names

  • Gier, Eric
  • Roberti, Anthony Mario

Home State

  • Illinois

Headings

  • -  Roberti, Anthony Mario
  • -  Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Afghan War, 2001-

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: Provincial Reconstruction Team Nuristan
    • Location of Service: Nuristan, Afghanistan; Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalagush, Afghanistan
    • Highest Rank: Chief Petty Officer
    • Dates of Service: 2009-2010
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2012-06-20; 2012)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2012-06-20; 2012)
  • Photograph: Digital print [20 items] -- Photograph (collected 2010-02-2012-06-20)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected 2012-11-12; 2012-11-12)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/86644

Cite as

  • Anthony Mario Roberti Collection (AFC/2001/001/86644), 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:

Gier, Eric, and Anthony Mario Roberti. Anthony Mario Roberti Collection. 2009. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.86644/.

APA citation style:

Gier, E. & Roberti, A. M. (2009) Anthony Mario Roberti Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.86644/.

MLA citation style:

Gier, Eric, and Anthony Mario Roberti. Anthony Mario Roberti Collection. 2009. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.86644/>.