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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: F Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment; I Company, 75th Infantry Regiment
  • Location of Service: Fort Ord, California; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant

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“In the jungle, the one thing that saves you, is if you can recognize the sound that doesn’t fit. The sound that doesn’t fit tells you somebody’s coming.” (Video interview, 38:35)

Arriving in Vietnam in 1968, David L. Flores was assigned to be part of a Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) team. Working in small, tight-knit teams of five or six men, the LRRPS would embark on multiple-day missions, probing deep into the bush to gather intelligence on the location and movement of the enemy. Their survival depended on the techniques they developed to move through the jungle undetected, and on their trust in one another. Many of the photographs in Flores’ collection speak to the grim hazards of serving on one of the LRRP teams, including depictions of friends killed in action or memorial services held for entire teams.

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About this Item

Title

  • David L. Flores Collection

Names

  • Flores, David L.
  • American Red Cross, Greater Long Beach Chapter
  • Dee Fuggiasco
  • Farrar, Mike
  • Wong, Janice

State of Birth

  • CA

Home State

  • CA

Headings

  • -  Flores, David L.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: F Company, 52nd Infantry Regiment; I Company, 75th Infantry Regiment
    • Location of Service: Fort Ord, California; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1967-1970
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served as a Ranger and in a long range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP) unit.

Materials

  • Manuscript: Unit histories [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 03/27/2014)
  • Photograph: Copy photographic print [5 items] -- Photograph (collected 11/1967)
  • Photograph: Original photographic print [69 items] -- Photograph (collected 1968)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 03/27/2014)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 03/27/2014)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/95936

Cite as

  • David L. Flores Collection (AFC/2001/001/95936), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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:

Flores, David L, Greater Long Beach Chapter American Red Cross, Dee Fuggiasco, Mike Farrar, and Janice Wong. David L. Flores Collection. 1967. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.95936/.

APA citation style:

Flores, D. L., American Red Cross, G. L. B. C., Dee Fuggiasco, Farrar, M. & Wong, J. (1967) David L. Flores Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.95936/.

MLA citation style:

Flores, David L, et al. David L. Flores Collection. 1967. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.95936/>.