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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Location of Service: San Antonio, Texas; Phan Rang, Vietnam
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/12645

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"My primary responsibility was giving aid to my own soldiers." (Audio interview, 17:52)

While he had hoped to go into photography rather than medicine, during his time in Vietnam with the Air Force, Charles Creel, Jr. served diligently in the dispensary at Phan Rang to treat his wounded and sick comrades. In his interview, he discusses the concentration and focus necessary to address incoming casualties. While in country, he also used his skills to assist the local civilian population; he worked in orphanages and nearby villages, and at one point, rescued a Vietnamese child who had stepped on a land mine.

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Charles Edward Creel, Jr. Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Charles Edward Creel, Jr. Collection

Names

  • Creel Jr., Charles Edward
  • Erik C. Hoffman
  • Adair, Jordan
  • Gilmer, Justin
  • Durham Academy

Home State

  • North Carolina

Headings

  • -  Creel Jr., Charles Edward
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Location of Service: San Antonio, Texas; Phan Rang, Vietnam
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a military medic in Vietnam. After his discharge from the Air Force, he joined the Army Special Forces and worked as a Special Forces medic.

Materials

  • Video: Video-8 [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-12-13; 2003)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-12-13; 2003)
  • Audio: Microcassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-12-13; 2003)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2003-12-13; 2004-01-08)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2004-01-05; 2004-01-08)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2003-12-13)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/12645

Cite as

  • Charles Edward Creel, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/12645), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text
  • video

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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.

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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:

Creel Jr., Charles Edward, Erik C. Hoffman, Jordan Adair, Justin Gilmer, and Durham Academy. Charles Edward Creel, Jr. Collection. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.12645/.

APA citation style:

Creel Jr, C. E., Erik C. Hoffman, Adair, J., Gilmer, J. & Durham Academy. Charles Edward Creel, Jr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.12645/.

MLA citation style:

Creel Jr., Charles Edward, et al. Charles Edward Creel, Jr. Collection. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.12645/>.