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Vicente Ochoa [detail from video]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Panama, 1989; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Cold War
  • Dates of Service: 1984-1996; 1972-1979
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: 2nd Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division; 2nd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division; Army National Guard
  • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Just Cause; Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
  • Location of Service: Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Sinai; Honduras; Panama; El Salvador; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone (CZ), Panama; Afghanistan
  • Highest Rank: Major; Captain; Staff Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/64197

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Vicente Ochoa Collection

Names

  • Ochoa, Vicente
  • Dustin M. Sekula Memorial Library
  • Ellard, Charles J.

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Texas

Headings

  • -  Ochoa, Vicente
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Panama, 1989 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Hispanic

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 2nd Platoon, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone (CZ), Panama
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1972-1979
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Panama, 1989

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 2nd Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Sinai; Honduras; Panama; El Salvador
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Just Cause
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1984-1996
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran attended Pan-American University from 01/1979 to 06/1984. He joined the Texas Army National Guard and was commissioned in 05/1984. He served with a rapid reaction force in the Sinai Peninsula in 1986, and saw combat in Panama. He served in intelligence and language school (Spanish).

  • Afghan War, 2001-2021

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Army National Guard
    • Location of Service: Afghanistan
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran trained commandos in Afghanistan for one and a half months and served as a ROTC instructor.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2008-10-24; 2008-11-18)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/64197

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:

Ochoa, Vicente, Dustin M. Sekula Memorial Library, and Charles J Ellard. Vicente Ochoa Collection. 1972. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.64197/.

APA citation style:

Ochoa, V., Dustin M. Sekula Memorial Library & Ellard, C. J. (1972) Vicente Ochoa Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.64197/.

MLA citation style:

Ochoa, Vicente, Dustin M. Sekula Memorial Library, and Charles J Ellard. Vicente Ochoa Collection. 1972. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.64197/>.