Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Helena (CA 75); VF-32 (Fighter Squadron), USS Leyte (CV 32); Naval Air Advanced Training Command (NAATC); Executive Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63); Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff; 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron; Air War College; VF-53 (Fighter Squadron), USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14); VT-24 (Training Squadron); Commander in Chief Pacific Command (CINCPAC)
- Location of Service: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; North Island, California; Vietnam; Annapolis, Maryland; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; Lebanon; Korea
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant; Captain
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About this Item
Title
- Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. Collection
Names
- Hudner Jr., Thomas Jerome
- Wilkerson, Thomas
- Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)
- unknown interviewer
State of Birth
- MA
Home State
- MA
Headings
- - Hudner Jr., Thomas Jerome
- - Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Notes
- - MV03 contains an interview with Gordon Ray Roberts AFC 2001/001/89772.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- Veteran
Service History
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Helena (CA 75); VF-32 (Fighter Squadron), USS Leyte (CV 32); Naval Air Advanced Training Command (NAATC); Executive Officer, USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63); Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Location of Service: Annapolis, Maryland; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; Lebanon; Korea
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1943-1973
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: Veteran
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron; Air War College; VF-53 (Fighter Squadron), USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14); VT-24 (Training Squadron); Commander in Chief Pacific Command (CINCPAC)
- Location of Service: Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; North Island, California; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: Veteran
Materials
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/15/2003)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/15/2003)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/15/2003)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 09/15/2003)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/89696
Cite as
- Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/89696), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Annapolis, Maryland
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Korea
- Lebanon
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
- North Island, California
- Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Pensacola, Florida
- Vietnam
Battles & Campaigns
Service Unit
- 60th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
- Air War College
- Commander in Chief Pacific Command (Cincpac)
- Executive Officer
- Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Naval Air Advanced Training Command (Naatc)
- Staff
- USS Helena (Ca 75)
- USS Kitty Hawk (Cva 63)
- USS Leyte (CV 32)
- USS Ticonderoga (Cva 14)
- Vf-32 (Fighter Squadron)
- Vf-53 (Fighter Squadron)
- Vt-24 (Training Squadron)