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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 13th Field Artillery
  • Location of Service: Washington, DC; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Vietnam; Germany; Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/9178

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"Those 40 or 50 people were probably the most dynamic team of people that I had a chance to work with." (Audio interview, 24:58)

Enlisting in the Army in 1961, and graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1965, Lieutenant Colonel George Dunn saw the military as a place of professional opportunity. Serving for ten months in Vietnam as the executive officer of an artillery battery, he commanded a tight-knit unit, made up of soldiers who bonded over the unconventional tactics required for combat in-country. Encountering a harsh reception from the public upon his return to the States, he has struggled to reconcile his identity as a Vietnam veteran, and the outcome of the war, with the larger scope of his military career.

George E. Dunn Collection
Interview / Recording

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About this Item

Title

  • George E. Dunn Collection

Names

  • Dunn, George E.
  • Shaull, Philip A.
  • Lugar, Richard
  • U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar

Home State

  • Indiana

Headings

  • -  Dunn, George E.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • Black or African American

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 13th Field Artillery
    • Location of Service: Washington, DC; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Vietnam; Germany; Fort Riley, Kansas
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1961-1985
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Transcript [2 items] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2006-10-01)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2003-08-12; 2008-09-24)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-08-12)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2006-03-23; 2006-03-23)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/9178

Cite as

  • George E. Dunn Collection (AFC/2001/001/9178), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text

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.

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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:

Dunn, George E, Philip A Shaull, Richard Lugar, and U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar. George E. Dunn Collection. 1961. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09178/.

APA citation style:

Dunn, G. E., Shaull, P. A., Lugar, R. & U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar. (1961) George E. Dunn Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09178/.

MLA citation style:

Dunn, George E, et al. George E. Dunn Collection. 1961. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.09178/>.