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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Afghan War, 2001-; Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Unit of Service: 48th Component Repair Squadron; 509th Organizational Maintenance Squadron; Strategic Air Command (SAC); 96th Organizational Maintenance Squadron; 37th Airlift Squadron; 375th Maintenance Squadron; 23rd Maintenance Squadron; 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; 508th Aircraft Squadron; 366th Component Maintenance Squadron; 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron
  • Location of Service: United Kingdom; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Louisiana; Germany; Yugoslavia; Bosnia; Italy; Egypt; Morocco; Uganda; Rwanda; Zaire; Spain; Greece; Norway; Slovakia; Serbia; Arkansas; Puerto Rico; Virginia; Alabama; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois; Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; Afghanistan; Kyrgyzstan; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Idaho; Kenya; Bagram Air Base, Iraq; Turkey; Yugoslavia; Bosnia; Italy; Egypt; Morocco; Uganda; Rwanda; Zaire; Spain; Greece; Norway; Slovakia; Serbia; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois; RAF Lakenheath, England; Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant; Major
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/93174

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Kenneth William Shinn Collection

Names

  • Shinn, Kenneth William
  • Hill, Barry
  • Paul, Sue
  • Warhawk Air Museum

Home State

  • Idaho

Headings

  • -  Shinn, Kenneth William
  • -  Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Peacekeeping forces -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Afghan War, 2001-

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Unit of Service: 23rd Maintenance Squadron; 74th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron; 508th Aircraft Squadron; 366th Component Maintenance Squadron; 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron
    • Location of Service: United Kingdom; Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; Louisiana; Germany; Yugoslavia; Bosnia; Italy; Egypt; Morocco; Uganda; Rwanda; Zaire; Spain; Greece; Norway; Slovakia; Serbia; Arkansas; Puerto Rico; Virginia; Alabama; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois; Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina; Afghanistan; Kyrgyzstan; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; Idaho; Kenya; Bagram Air Base, Iraq; Turkey
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Dates of Service: 2000
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran's duties included working on the F-111F, KC-135A, B-1B, C-9A, A-10, F-15E, F-15C, F-15SG. The veteran also served as a flight engineer for a C-130. The veteran also served with the 372nd Training Squadron.

  • Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Unit of Service: 48th Component Repair Squadron; 509th Organizational Maintenance Squadron; Strategic Air Command (SAC); 96th Organizational Maintenance Squadron; 37th Airlift Squadron; 375th Maintenance Squadron
    • Location of Service: Yugoslavia; Bosnia; Italy; Egypt; Morocco; Uganda; Rwanda; Zaire; Spain; Greece; Norway; Slovakia; Serbia; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois; RAF Lakenheath, England; Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
    • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1986-2000
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served in the Drum and bugle Corps Squadron. The veteran served as a jet engine mechanic.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2014-01-15; 2014)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2014-01)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/93174

Cite as

  • Kenneth William Shinn Collection (AFC/2001/001/93174), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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:

Shinn, Kenneth William, Barry Hill, Sue Paul, and Warhawk Air Museum. Kenneth William Shinn Collection. 2000. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.93174/.

APA citation style:

Shinn, K. W., Hill, B., Paul, S. & Warhawk Air Museum. (2000) Kenneth William Shinn Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.93174/.

MLA citation style:

Shinn, Kenneth William, et al. Kenneth William Shinn Collection. 2000. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.93174/>.