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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989; Cold War; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • Dates of Service: 1967-1997
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Service Unit/Ship: 552nd Operations Support Squadron, 552nd Air Control Wing; Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces; Headquarters, Military Airlift Command; 3723rd Basic Military Training Squadron; 48th Technical Training Squadron; 437th Field Maintenance Squadron, 437th Military Airlift Wing; 56th Field Maintenance Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing; 93rd Bomb Wing (Heavy); 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing
  • Battles & Campaigns: Operation El Dorado Canyon; Operation Lam Son; Commando Hunt V; Operation Just Cause; Operation Desert Storm; Operation Desert Shield
  • Location of Service: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois; Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina; North Carolina; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; Castle Air Force Base, California; Caribbean; Thailand; Vietnam; Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; California; Germany; Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Turkey; Saudi Arabia
  • Highest Rank: Chief Master Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/123227

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • William Myers Collection

Names

  • National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
  • Technical College of the Lowcountry
  • MacIntyre, Marianna
  • Myers, William

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • South Carolina

Headings

  • -  Myers, William
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Panama -- History -- American Invasion, 1989 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Form

  • Flash Drive

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Black or African American

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 3723rd Basic Military Training Squadron; 48th Technical Training Squadron; 437th Field Maintenance Squadron, 437th Military Airlift Wing; 56th Field Maintenance Squadron, 56th Special Operations Wing
    • Location of Service: Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois; Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina; North Carolina; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; Castle Air Force Base, California; Caribbean; Thailand; Vietnam
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Lam Son; Commando Hunt V
    • Highest Rank: Chief Master Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1967-1997
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served in the 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing; 89th Military Airlift Wing (Special Air Missions); 394th Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Test Maintenance Squadron.

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 93rd Bomb Wing (Heavy); 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing
    • Location of Service: California; Germany
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation El Dorado Canyon
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Panama--History--American Invasion, 1989

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: Headquarters, Military Airlift Command
    • Location of Service: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Just Cause
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as an aircraft logistics superintendent.

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Service Unit/Ship: 552nd Operations Support Squadron, 552nd Air Control Wing; Headquarters, Pacific Air Forces
    • Location of Service: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; Turkey; Saudi Arabia
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Desert Storm; Operation Desert Shield
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: Flash Drive [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2022-03-09)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/123227

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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Service Branch

Location of Service

Battles & Campaigns

Service Unit/Ship

Highest Rank

Service Entrance

Discharge Status

Gender

Race

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

Interviewee

Interviewer

Organization/Affiliation

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:

National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America, Technical College Of The Lowcountry, Marianna Macintyre, and William Myers. William Myers Collection. 1967. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.123227/.

APA citation style:

National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America, Technical College Of The Lowcountry, Macintyre, M. & Myers, W. (1967) William Myers Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.123227/.

MLA citation style:

National Society Of The Colonial Dames Of America, et al. William Myers Collection. 1967. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.123227/>.