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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 1st Armored Division; 1st Cavalry Division
  • Location of Service: Bosnia; Kosovo; Iraq; Kuwait; Germany; Fort Hood, Texas; Kuwait
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/30590

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"You would have thought that their lives depended on getting this tanker unstuck." (Audio interview, 21:15)

A graduate of the fourth class at West Point to admit women, Rebecca Jones embarked on a career as an officer in virtually every hot spot of the last 20 years, from Saudi Arabia to Kosovo to Kuwait and Iraq. She commanded a truck company in the Persian Gulf War, and she served as executive officer of a team of logisticians for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Throughout her various assignments she was impressed with the positive attitudes of her colleagues and the willingness of everyone to pitch in to solve a problem, no matter how seemingly insignificant.

Rebecca Winter Jones Collection
Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Rebecca Winter Jones Collection

Names

  • Burke, Joan
  • Library of Congress
  • Jones, Rebecca Winter
  • Veterans History Project

Home State

  • Virginia

Headings

  • -  Jones, Rebecca Winter
  • -  Peacekeeping forces -- Bosnia and Hercegovina -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- 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

  • Female

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Location of Service: Bosnia; Kosovo
    • Military Status: veteran
  • Persian Gulf War, 1991

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 1st Armored Division; 1st Cavalry Division
    • Location of Service: Germany; Fort Hood, Texas; Kuwait
    • Dates of Service: 1979
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Location of Service: Iraq; Kuwait
    • Highest Rank: Colonel
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2008-06-16)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2008-06-16; 2008-06-17)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-09-13)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2005-09-13; 2007-10-31)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/30590

Cite as

  • Rebecca Winter Jones Collection (AFC/2001/001/30590), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio

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:

Burke, Joan, Library Of Congress, Rebecca Winter Jones, and Veterans History Project. Rebecca Winter Jones Collection. 1979. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.30590/.

APA citation style:

Burke, J., Library Of Congress, Jones, R. W. & Veterans History Project. (1979) Rebecca Winter Jones Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.30590/.

MLA citation style:

Burke, Joan, et al. Rebecca Winter Jones Collection. 1979. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.30590/>.