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Ronald Winter, Phu Bai. November 1969 [detail]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
  • Unit of Service: HMM-161 (Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron), 1st Marine Air Wing
  • Location of Service: North Carolina; South Carolina; Florida; Virginia; California; Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/3769

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"If you tell a friend you're going to stand up for a friend, you don't turn your back on them when the going gets a little nasty." (Video interview, 29:40)

Ronald Winter didn't take the easy way out when it came to military service. Although he was attending college on a scholarship, he decided to enlist in the Marines, and once he was shipped off to Vietnam, he volunteered for machine gunner duty aboard helicopters. In 13 months, Winter flew 300 missions, and even the mundane supply drops were fraught with a danger he never shirked.

Interview / Recording

Transcript

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About this Item

Title

  • Ronald Winter Collection

Names

  • Motyka, James
  • Perreault, Leslie
  • Cathedral High School/Lyman Memorial High School
  • Winter, Ronald

Home State

  • Connecticut

Headings

  • -  Winter, Ronald
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Unit of Service: HMM-161 (Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron), 1st Marine Air Wing
    • Location of Service: North Carolina; South Carolina; Florida; Virginia; California; Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1966-1970
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: Winter notes that he served as a helicopter gunner on over 300 combat missions.

Materials

  • Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Copy photographic print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 1968)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-02-05)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/3769

Cite as

  • Ronald Winter Collection (AFC/2001/001/3769), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Citing VHP Materials

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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:

Motyka, James, Leslie Perreault, Cathedral High School/Lyman Memorial High School, and Ronald Winter. Ronald Winter Collection. 1966. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03769/.

APA citation style:

Motyka, J., Perreault, L., Cathedral High School/Lyman Memorial High School & Winter, R. (1966) Ronald Winter Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03769/.

MLA citation style:

Motyka, James, et al. Ronald Winter Collection. 1966. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03769/>.