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Walter Pike in uniform [1947]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Cold War
  • Dates of Service: 1944-1946; 1944-1971
  • Branch of Service: Army; Air Force; Army Air Forces/Corps
  • Location of Service: European Theater; Korea; Europe; South America; Korea; United States
  • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant; Private
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/50526

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Interview / Recording

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[ Photo Album ]
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[ Letter to mother from Walter Alfred Pike [2/7/1946] ]
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[ Letter to mother from Walter Alfred Pike [2/20/1946] ]
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[ Letter to mother from Walter Alfred Pike [5/12/1946] ]
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[ Biographical information ]

About this Item

Title

  • Walter Alfred Pike Collection

Names

  • Pike, Masha
  • Spotswood High School
  • Kember, Diana
  • Pike, Walter Alfred

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Florida

Headings

  • -  Pike, Walter Alfred
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Location of Service: European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Private
    • Dates of Service: 1944-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
    • Location of Service: Korea
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Location of Service: Europe; South America; Korea; United States
    • Highest Rank: Master Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1944-1971
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran transferred to the Army Air Corps after WWII, which became the Air Force in 1949. He was a mechanic on the C131 airplane tankers. He worked on the Minuteman Missile Program in South Dakota and California, as well.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2007-04-06; 2007-04-08)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [3 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1946)
  • Manuscript: Maps [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2007-04-06)
  • Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [14 items] -- Photographs (collected unknown)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2007-04-07)
  • Artifact: Artifact photocopy [13 items] -- (collected unknown)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/50526

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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/[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:

Pike, Masha, Spotswood High School, Diana Kember, and Walter Alfred Pike. Walter Alfred Pike Collection. 1944. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.50526/.

APA citation style:

Pike, M., Spotswood High School, Kember, D. & Pike, W. A. (1944) Walter Alfred Pike Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.50526/.

MLA citation style:

Pike, Masha, et al. Walter Alfred Pike Collection. 1944. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.50526/>.