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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service on Namur from 02/01/1944 to 02/02/1944. The veteran also served at Marine Corps Recruiting Station Fargo.
  • War or Conflict: Cold War; World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
  • Unit of Service: Marine Corps Recruiting Station Minneapolis; Marine Corps Schools; 7th Engineer Battalion; 2nd Replacement Battalion; 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division; 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division; Marine Air Detachment, Naval Air Station (NAS) Minneapolis; Central Recruiting Division; Midwestern Recruiting Division
  • Location of Service: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Quantico, Virginia; Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Japan; San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Kwajalein Island (Marshall Islands); Namur Island (Marshall Islands); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Fargo, North Dakota; Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant; Sergeant

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About this Item

Title

  • Richard K. Sorenson Collection

Names

  • unknown interviewer
  • Wilkerson, Thomas
  • Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation (CMOH)
  • Sorenson, Richard K.

State of Birth

  • MN

Home State

  • NV

Headings

  • -  Sorenson, Richard K.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.

Notes

  • -  MV01 is housed in the collection of Ronald Eugene Rosser AFC 2001/001/89775 as MV03. MV02 is housed in collection of George E. Day AFC 2001/001/89656 as MV01.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Service History Note: The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service on Namur from 02/01/1944 to 02/02/1944. The veteran also served at Marine Corps Recruiting Station Fargo.
    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Unit of Service: 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division; Marine Air Detachment, Naval Air Station (NAS) Minneapolis; Central Recruiting Division; Midwestern Recruiting Division
    • Location of Service: San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Kwajalein Island (Marshall Islands); Namur Island (Marshall Islands); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chicago, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Fargo, North Dakota; Pacific Theater
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Unit of Service: Marine Corps Recruiting Station Minneapolis; Marine Corps Schools; 7th Engineer Battalion; 2nd Replacement Battalion; 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division
    • Location of Service: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Quantico, Virginia; Camp Pendleton, California; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Japan
    • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1947-1955
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Video: Betacam SP [0 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/11/2002)
  • Video: Betacam SP [0 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 09/11/2002)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 09/11/2002)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/89779

Cite as

  • Richard K. Sorenson Collection (AFC/2001/001/89779), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • 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/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:

Unknown Interviewer, Thomas Wilkerson, Congressional Medal Of Honor Foundation, and Richard K Sorenson. Richard K. Sorenson Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.89779/.

APA citation style:

Unknown Interviewer, Wilkerson, T., Congressional Medal Of Honor Foundation & Sorenson, R. K. (1943) Richard K. Sorenson Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.89779/.

MLA citation style:

Unknown Interviewer, et al. Richard K. Sorenson Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.89779/>.