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Gregory Gadson at time of interview

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-; Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, III Corps; 82nd Airborne Division; 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment; 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery; 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment; Chief of Operations, Multinational Division North; 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division; 75th Field Artillery Brigade, 25th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
  • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) V; Operation Desert Shield; Operation Desert Storm; Operation Joint Forge
  • Location of Service: Alexandria, Virginia; Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Afghanistan; Saudi Arabia
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/90018

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Gregory Dimitri Gadson Collection

Names

  • Francis, Dylan
  • Hooten, Matt
  • Brophy College Preparatory
  • Gadson, Gregory Dimitri

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Virginia

Headings

  • -  Gadson, Gregory Dimitri
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Peacekeeping forces -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Black or African American

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 5th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, III Corps; 82nd Airborne Division; 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment; 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery
    • Location of Service: Alexandria, Virginia; Fort Shafter, Hawaii; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Belvoir, Virginia
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
    • Highest Rank: Colonel
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served as Special Assistant to the Commanding General, United States Army Pacific. He is a bilateral above the knee amputee. He was injured by a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad.

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment
    • Location of Service: Saudi Arabia
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Desert Shield; Operation Desert Storm
    • Dates of Service: 1989-2014
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Chief of Operations, Multinational Division North
    • Location of Service: Bosnia-Herzegovina
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Joint Forge
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Afghan War, 2001-

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division; 75th Field Artillery Brigade, 25th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Afghanistan
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) V
    • Dates of Service: 2001
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2013-03-09; 2013)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/90018

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:

Francis, Dylan, Matt Hooten, Brophy College Preparatory, and Gregory Dimitri Gadson. Gregory Dimitri Gadson Collection. 1989. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.90018/.

APA citation style:

Francis, D., Hooten, M., Brophy College Preparatory & Gadson, G. D. (1989) Gregory Dimitri Gadson Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.90018/.

MLA citation style:

Francis, Dylan, et al. Gregory Dimitri Gadson Collection. 1989. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.90018/>.