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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Cold War
  • Dates of Service: 1950-1951; 1942-1946; 1947-1948
  • Branch of Service: Army; Marine Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: C Troop, 16th Constabulary Squadron (Separate); C Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment; 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Division; George (G) Company, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
  • Battles & Campaigns: Tarawa; Saipan; Tinian; Okinawa; Communist Chinese Aggression Campaign; 1st United Nations Counter Offensive Campaign; Communist China Spring Campaign
  • Location of Service: Berlin, Germany; Korea; South Pacific; Tarawa Atoll (Gilbert Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands); Japan; New Zealand; Hawaii
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant; Corporal
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/84685

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Leonard James Bartos Collection

Names

  • Daniel Motta
  • University of Central Florida, Special Collections & University Archives
  • Bartos, Leonard James
  • Fisher, Ashley

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Florida

Headings

  • -  Bartos, Leonard James
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

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: Marine Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: C Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment; 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
    • Location of Service: South Pacific; Tarawa Atoll (Gilbert Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands); Japan; New Zealand; Hawaii
    • Battles & Campaigns: Tarawa; Saipan; Tinian; Okinawa
    • Highest Rank: Corporal
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was part of the first United States troops into Nagasaki, Japan.

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: C Troop, 16th Constabulary Squadron (Separate)
    • Location of Service: Berlin, Germany
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1947-1948
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran's duties included being in charge of security at Spandau Prison where top Nazi officials were held.

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: George (G) Company, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team
    • Location of Service: Korea
    • Battles & Campaigns: Communist Chinese Aggression Campaign; 1st United Nations Counter Offensive Campaign; Communist China Spring Campaign
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1950-1951
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2011-11-17; 2014-09-11)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-11-17; 2011)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/84685

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:

Daniel Motta, Special Collections & University Archives University Of Central Florida, Leonard James Bartos, and Ashley Fisher. Leonard James Bartos Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.84685/.

APA citation style:

Daniel Motta, University Of Central Florida, S. C. &. U. A., Bartos, L. J. & Fisher, A. (1942) Leonard James Bartos Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.84685/.

MLA citation style:

Daniel Motta, et al. Leonard James Bartos Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2001001.84685/>.