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Patricia Ellison [detail from video]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991; Cold War
  • Dates of Service: 1974-2004
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: 273rd Military Police Company; 260th Military Police Command; 502nd Installation Management Agency (IMA) Detachment; 783rd Military Police Battalion; 56th Field Artillery Brigade; 372nd Military Police Battalion; 471st Military Police Company; 273rd Military Police Company
  • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Bright Star; Operation Desert Storm; Operation Desert Shield
  • Location of Service: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Germany; Saint Louis, Missouri; Michigan; Washington, DC; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Egypt; Fort McClellan, Alabama; Honduras; Washington, DC; Saudi Arabia; Detroit and Inkster, Michigan; Saint Louis, Missouri
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/66263

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Interview / Recording

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[ Military record for Patricia A. Holmes-Douglas, as of 4/29/2009 ]

About this Item

Title

  • Patricia Annette Ellison Collection

Names

  • Ellison, Patricia Annette
  • Southfield Veterans Commission
  • Brightwell, Daniel

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Michigan

Headings

  • -  Ellison, Patricia Annette
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • Black or African American

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 56th Field Artillery Brigade; 372nd Military Police Battalion; 471st Military Police Company; 273rd Military Police Company
    • Location of Service: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; Fort Gordon, Georgia; Germany; Saint Louis, Missouri; Michigan; Washington, DC; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Egypt; Fort McClellan, Alabama; Honduras
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Bright Star
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Dates of Service: 1974-2004
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran performed customs operations in Egypt and Honduras.

  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: 273rd Military Police Company; 260th Military Police Command; 502nd Installation Management Agency (IMA) Detachment; 783rd Military Police Battalion
    • Location of Service: Washington, DC; Saudi Arabia; Detroit and Inkster, Michigan; Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Desert Storm; Operation Desert Shield
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as commander of a Military Police Company during Operation Desert Storm.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2009-04-29; 2009-05-02)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1974-2004)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/66263

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:

Ellison, Patricia Annette, Southfield Veterans Commission, and Daniel Brightwell. Patricia Annette Ellison Collection. 1974. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.66263/.

APA citation style:

Ellison, P. A., Southfield Veterans Commission & Brightwell, D. (1974) Patricia Annette Ellison Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.66263/.

MLA citation style:

Ellison, Patricia Annette, Southfield Veterans Commission, and Daniel Brightwell. Patricia Annette Ellison Collection. 1974. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.66263/>.