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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Cold War; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Dates of Service: 1943-1946; 1948-1973
  • Branch of Service: Coast Guard; Navy
  • Service Unit/Ship: Coast Guard Auxiliary District 7; USS LCI(L)-335 (Landing Craft Infantry Large); USS LST-742 (Landing Ship Tank); USS LST-742 (Landing Ship Tank); Naval Reserve
  • Battles & Campaigns: Inchon Landing; Luzon; Lingayen Gulf
  • Location of Service: St. Petersburg, Florida; Inchon, Korea; Hungnam, Korea; Japan; North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; Hawaii; New Guinea; Philippines; Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: Commander
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/88844

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Philip Thomas Varricchio Collection

Names

  • Waterhouse, Aletta
  • SCA-TV
  • Anthony Calabro
  • McCarthy, Stephen F.
  • Varricchio, Philip Thomas

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Pennsylvania

Headings

  • -  Varricchio, Philip Thomas
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Coast Guard.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Coast Guard
    • Service Unit/Ship: Coast Guard Auxiliary District 7
    • Location of Service: St. Petersburg, Florida
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a auxiliary pilot.

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Service Unit/Ship: USS LCI(L)-335 (Landing Craft Infantry Large); USS LST-742 (Landing Ship Tank)
    • Location of Service: North Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Portland, Oregon; San Diego, California; Hawaii; New Guinea; Philippines; Pacific Theater
    • Battles & Campaigns: Luzon; Lingayen Gulf
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as the captain of the USS LCI(L)-335 from 12/1944 to 11/1945.

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Service Unit/Ship: USS LST-742 (Landing Ship Tank); Naval Reserve
    • Location of Service: Inchon, Korea; Hungnam, Korea; Japan
    • Battles & Campaigns: Inchon Landing
    • Highest Rank: Commander
    • Dates of Service: 1948-1973
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as fleet navigator for 40 LSTs with 20,000 marines and tanks. After the war he served as a supply officer at Naval bases in the United States. He served as a blue and gold officer recruiting candidates for the Naval Academy. His final duty was being called by the staff of the Secretary of the Navy to solve an accounting problem in Washington, DC.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-11-30; 2012)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/88844

Online Format

  • video

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/[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:

Waterhouse, Aletta, Sca-Tv, Anthony Calabro, Stephen F McCarthy, and Philip Thomas Varricchio. Philip Thomas Varricchio Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.88844/.

APA citation style:

Waterhouse, A., Sca-Tv, Anthony Calabro, McCarthy, S. F. & Varricchio, P. T. (1943) Philip Thomas Varricchio Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.88844/.

MLA citation style:

Waterhouse, Aletta, et al. Philip Thomas Varricchio Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.88844/>.