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Jack Christensen at time of interview

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: A Company and D Company, 1st Raider Battalion; A Company and E Company, 2nd Raider Battalion; 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division; III Marine Amphibious Force; MABS-17 (Marine Air Base Squadron), MWSG-17 (Marine Wing Support Group): MABS-33 (Marine Air Base Squadron), MAG-33 (Marine Aircraft Group), 3rd MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing); VMA-121 (Marine Attack Squadron), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing); VMF-323 (Marine Fighter Squadron), MAG-12 (Marine Aircraft Group), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing)
  • Battles & Campaigns: Punchbowl; Horseshoe Ridge; Pusan; Guadalcanal; Bougainville; Guam; Okinawa; Freedom Hill
  • Location of Service: Da Nang, Vietnam; Camp Pendleton, California; Punchbowl, Korea; Horseshoe Ridge, Korea; Pusan, Korea; San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Tulaghi Island (Solomon Islands); Espíritu Santo Island (New Hebrides); Wellington, New Zealand; New Caledonia; Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands); Guam (Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Rykyu Islands); Gilbert Islands; Bismarck Archipelago; Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: Major; Master Sergeant; Lieutenant Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/94447

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Jack Robert Christensen Collection

Names

  • DeLeon, Raymond
  • Christensen, Jack Robert

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • California

Headings

  • -  Christensen, Jack Robert
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: A Company and D Company, 1st Raider Battalion; A Company and E Company, 2nd Raider Battalion; 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division
    • Location of Service: San Diego, California; Camp Pendleton, California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Tulaghi Island (Solomon Islands); Espíritu Santo Island (New Hebrides); Wellington, New Zealand; New Caledonia; Bougainville Island (Solomon Islands); Guam (Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Rykyu Islands); Gilbert Islands; Bismarck Archipelago; Pacific Theater
    • Battles & Campaigns: Guadalcanal; Bougainville; Guam; Okinawa
    • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1941-1950
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: VMA-121 (Marine Attack Squadron), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing); VMF-323 (Marine Fighter Squadron), MAG-12 (Marine Aircraft Group), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing)
    • Location of Service: Punchbowl, Korea; Horseshoe Ridge, Korea; Pusan, Korea
    • Battles & Campaigns: Punchbowl; Horseshoe Ridge; Pusan
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Dates of Service: 1950-1964
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was commissioned on 02/03/1952 and served in the early 1950s as a personal body guard to General Lemuel Shepherd, twentieth commandant of the Marine Corps. He also served in the VMF-451 (Marine Fighting Squadron), MAG-11 (Marine Aircraft Group), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Group); H&HS Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MWHG (Marine Wing Headquarters Group), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing)

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: III Marine Amphibious Force; MABS-17 (Marine Air Base Squadron), MWSG-17 (Marine Wing Support Group): MABS-33 (Marine Air Base Squadron), MAG-33 (Marine Aircraft Group), 3rd MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing)
    • Location of Service: Da Nang, Vietnam; Camp Pendleton, California
    • Battles & Campaigns: Freedom Hill
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1964-1970
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served in MABS-12 (Marine Air Base Squadron), MAG-12 (Marine Aircraft Group), 1st MAW (Marine Aircraft Wing).

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2014-02-12; 2014)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2014)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1990-08-08)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2014-03-12)
  • Manuscript: Military Papers [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1954-1983)
  • Manuscript: Unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1973)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2014-02-12; 2015)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/94447

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Special Format

Wars & Conflicts

Service Branch

Location of Service

Battles & Campaigns

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

Service Entrance

Discharge Status

Gender

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

Interviewee

Interviewer

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.

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Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

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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:

Deleon, Raymond, and Jack Robert Christensen. Jack Robert Christensen Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.94447/.

APA citation style:

Deleon, R. & Christensen, J. R. (1941) Jack Robert Christensen Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.94447/.

MLA citation style:

Deleon, Raymond, and Jack Robert Christensen. Jack Robert Christensen Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.94447/>.