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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Cold War
  • Dates of Service: 1943-1962
  • Branch of Service: Air Force; Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing; 6th Photographic Technical Squadron; Air Force Reserve; 37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force
  • Battles & Campaigns: Northern France; Air Offensive Europe; Southern France; Rome-Arno
  • Location of Service: Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Japan; Pentagon, Virginia; England; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Williams Air Force Base, Arizona; Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado; Canada; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; England; Italy; France; Germany
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/108499

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About this Item

Title

  • Mitchell Stanley Cwiek Collection

Names

  • American Red Cross
  • Cwiek, Mitchell Stanley
  • Farrar, Mike

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • California

Headings

  • -  Cwiek, Mitchell Stanley
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
  • -  Prisoner of War -- United States
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: 37th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 15th Air Force
    • Location of Service: Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Williams Air Force Base, Arizona; Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado; Canada; Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama; Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; England; Italy; France; Germany
    • Battles & Campaigns: Northern France; Air Offensive Europe; Southern France; Rome-Arno
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1962
    • Prisoner of War: Yes
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a aerial photographic officer and fighter pilot. He developed the standard indexing system for aerial photography. He also served as an exchange officer for the Royal Air Force. He was captured and taken as Prisoner of War (POW) after a crash landing. He was a POW for 8 months and imprisoned in Hungary and Germany.

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing; 6th Photographic Technical Squadron; Air Force Reserve
    • Location of Service: Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas; Japan; Pentagon, Virginia; England
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1957)
  • Manuscript: Military Papers [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1947-1989)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2017)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2017-01-14; 2017)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/108499

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:

American Red Cross, Mitchell Stanley Cwiek, and Mike Farrar. Mitchell Stanley Cwiek Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.108499/.

APA citation style:

American Red Cross, Cwiek, M. S. & Farrar, M. (1943) Mitchell Stanley Cwiek Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.108499/.

MLA citation style:

American Red Cross, Mitchell Stanley Cwiek, and Mike Farrar. Mitchell Stanley Cwiek Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.108499/>.