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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Afghan War, 2001-2021; Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Dates of Service: 1992
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: Coalition Forces Land Component Command; 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division; Task Force Warrior; Military Transition Team; B Company, 14th Engineer Battalion Combat; 13th Engineer Battalion Combat (Light); 907th Engineer Battalion; Company A, 65th Engineer Battalion; 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
  • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); Operation Noble Eagle; Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Operation Babylon Sweep
  • Location of Service: Afghanistan; Fort Ord, California; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Denver, Colorado; Kuwait; Qatar; Uzbekistan; Iraq; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/67596

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Marc Frederick Hoffmeister Collection

Names

  • Eldred, Paul
  • Begich, Mark
  • U.S. Senate/Mark Begich
  • Hoffmeister, Marc Frederick

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Alaska

Headings

  • -  Hoffmeister, Marc Frederick
  • -  Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Afghan War, 2001-2021

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: B Company, 14th Engineer Battalion Combat; 13th Engineer Battalion Combat (Light); 907th Engineer Battalion; Company A, 65th Engineer Battalion; 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Afghanistan
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Coalition Forces Land Component Command; 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division; Task Force Warrior; Military Transition Team
    • Location of Service: Fort Ord, California; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Denver, Colorado; Kuwait; Qatar; Uzbekistan; Iraq; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
    • Battles & Campaigns: Operation Noble Eagle; Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Operation Babylon Sweep
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1992
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served with C Company, 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team; 3/361st Training Support Battalion; and Chief Engineer, Alaskan Command. He was wounded in Iraq by an improved explosive device (IED) in 04/2007.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2009-07-27; 2009-08-12)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2009)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/67596

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:

Eldred, Paul, Mark Begich, U.S. Senate/Mark Begich, and Marc Frederick Hoffmeister. Marc Frederick Hoffmeister Collection. 1992. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.67596/.

APA citation style:

Eldred, P., Begich, M., U.S. Senate/Mark Begich & Hoffmeister, M. F. (1992) Marc Frederick Hoffmeister Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.67596/.

MLA citation style:

Eldred, Paul, et al. Marc Frederick Hoffmeister Collection. 1992. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.67596/>.