Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Carl Joseph Hoffman Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Wyandot (AKA 92)
- Location of Service: Spain; Italy; France; North Africa; Azores; Greenland; Panama; Brazil; Uruguay; New Zealand; Antarctica; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Bahamas; St. Thomas Island; Haiti
- Highest Rank: E-7
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/4106
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About this Item
Title
- Carl Joseph Hoffman Collection
Names
- Hoffman, Carl Joseph
- National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey (Center for US War Veterans Oral Histories)
- Fowler, Carol R.
- Carrara, Michelle
Home State
- New Jersey
Headings
- - Hoffman, Carl Joseph
- - Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Wyandot (AKA 92)
- Location of Service: Spain; Italy; France; North Africa; Azores; Greenland; Panama; Brazil; Uruguay; New Zealand; Antarctica; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Bahamas; St. Thomas Island; Haiti
- Highest Rank: E-7
- Dates of Service: 1952-1956
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran helped launch the Selective Reserve Program, US Naval Reserve. He sustained combat / service-related injuries, cut tendons in hand. He participated in Operation Deep Freeze.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-02-05)
- Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2003-02-05)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1956)
- Video: Digital File [ item] -- (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [11 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1955-1956)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/4106
Cite as
- Carl Joseph Hoffman Collection (AFC/2001/001/4106), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Antarctica
- Azores
- Bahamas
- Brazil
- Cuba
- France
- Greenland
- Haiti
- Italy
- New Zealand
- North Africa
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Spain
- St. Thomas Island
- Uruguay