Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Edwin Francis Atkins Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Wahoo (SS 565); USS Conger (SS 477); USS Corsair (SS 435); USS Sculpin (SSN 590); USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657); USS Kamehameha (SSBN 642); USS Michigan (SSBN 727); USS Alabama (SSBN 731)
- Location of Service: San Diego, California; New London, Connecticut; Charleston, South Carolina; Naval Station Rota, Spain; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Highest Rank: Master Chief Petty Officer
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/100655
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Title
- Edwin Francis Atkins Collection
Names
- Atkins, Edwin Francis
- Courtney, Joe
- Central Connecticut State University
- Buckley Morgan
- McGuckin, Briana
Home State
- Connecticut
Headings
- - Atkins, Edwin Francis
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Wahoo (SS 565); USS Conger (SS 477); USS Corsair (SS 435); USS Sculpin (SSN 590); USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657); USS Kamehameha (SSBN 642); USS Michigan (SSBN 727); USS Alabama (SSBN 731)
- Location of Service: San Diego, California; New London, Connecticut; Charleston, South Carolina; Naval Station Rota, Spain; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Highest Rank: Master Chief Petty Officer
- Dates of Service: 1954-1988
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2015-06-30; 2015)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [22 items] -- Photograph (collected 1954-2010)
- Manuscript: Clippings [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1981-1988)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [39 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1954-1988)
- Manuscript: Periodicals [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1955-1956)
- Manuscript: Printed matter [5 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1975-1988)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2015-07-16; 2015)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/100655
Cite as
- Edwin Francis Atkins Collection (AFC/2001/001/100655), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Naval Station Rota, Spain
- New London, Connecticut
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- San Diego, California
Service Unit
- USS Alabama (Ssbn 731)
- USS Conger (Ss 477)
- USS Corsair (Ss 435)
- USS Francis Scott Key (Ssbn 657)
- USS Kamehameha (Ssbn 642)
- USS Michigan (Ssbn 727)
- USS Sculpin (Ssn 590)
- USS Wahoo (Ss 565)