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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 95th Evacuation Hospital
  • Location of Service: Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/84614

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"It was kind of like the Fourth of July at times, but you knew someone was probably dying from those lights in the sky." (Audio interview, 14:23)

Hospitals require much more than doctors and nurses to make them run smoothly, particularly when they are in the middle of a war zone. Enlisting in the Army in 1966, Captain Richard Fowler had initially intended to go into Army intelligence, but wound up serving on the administrative end of military medicine in Vietnam, first as a company commander at the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Da Nang, and then as adjutant for a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) at Camp Evans and Quang Tri. His position as administrator did not remove him from the realities of war: casualties--and incoming mortar attacks--were a fact of everyday life.

Richard Ward Fowler Collection
Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Richard Ward Fowler Collection

Names

  • Fowler, Richard Ward
  • Allison, Monica
  • Jevlich-Velotta, Elizabeth
  • Walsh University

Home State

  • Ohio

Headings

  • -  Fowler, Richard Ward
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Form

  • CD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 95th Evacuation Hospital
    • Location of Service: Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Dates of Service: 1966-1970
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran served as a medical detachment commander and adjutant for a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) at Camp Evans and Quang Tri.

Materials

  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2012-02-23; 2012-02-23)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/84614

Cite as

  • Richard Ward Fowler Collection (AFC/2001/001/84614), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio

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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.

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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:

Fowler, Richard Ward, Monica Allison, Elizabeth Jevlich-Velotta, and Walsh University. Richard Ward Fowler Collection. 1966. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.84614/.

APA citation style:

Fowler, R. W., Allison, M., Jevlich-Velotta, E. & Walsh University. (1966) Richard Ward Fowler Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.84614/.

MLA citation style:

Fowler, Richard Ward, et al. Richard Ward Fowler Collection. 1966. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.84614/>.