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Richard DeLeon, Tayninh, Vietnam.

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: A Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment
  • Location of Service: Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: Specialist
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/9210

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"I realized that if I don't just respect and remember and honor the boys who were there with me, nobody's going to." (Audio interview, 53:43)

As a medic in Vietnam, Richard DeLeon, who had prided himself as a street-tough New Yorker, saw things he would never see in Manhattan. What impressed him most was the camaraderie the men felt for him and one another, the kind of fierce loyalty that drove his best buddy to rescue the lone survivor of a copter crash at the risk of his own life. DeLeon had a difficult time readjusting to civilian life, especially when he saw how cavalier his co-workers on Wall Street were about the casualties of war.

Richard R. DeLeon Collection
Interview / Recording

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About this Item

Title

  • Richard R. DeLeon Collection

Names

  • New York Public Library
  • McLoughlin, Cathleen T.
  • Muller, Maura
  • DeLeon, Richard R.

Home State

  • North Carolina

Headings

  • -  DeLeon, Richard R.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: A Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment
    • Location of Service: Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: Specialist
    • Dates of Service: 1968-1970
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a platoon medic.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Speech (collected 2006-08-06; 2004-12-31)
  • Audio: CD [2 items] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-10-30)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- (collected 1971)
  • Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [4 items] -- Photograph (collected 1969-1970)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-10-30)
  • Video: VHS-C [1 item] -- Speech (collected 2006-08-06)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-10-30; 2006-03-23)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2002-10-30)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2002-10-30; 2007-08-22)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/9210

Cite as

  • Richard R. DeLeon Collection (AFC/2001/001/9210), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

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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:

New York Public Library, Cathleen T McLoughlin, Maura Muller, and Richard R Deleon. Richard R. DeLeon Collection. 1968. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09210/.

APA citation style:

New York Public Library, McLoughlin, C. T., Muller, M. & Deleon, R. R. (1968) Richard R. DeLeon Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09210/.

MLA citation style:

New York Public Library, et al. Richard R. DeLeon Collection. 1968. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09210/>.