Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Henry Judah Heimlich Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO); Naval Group China; Navy Reserve; USS Repose (AH 16)
- Location of Service: China; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts; Receiving Station, Casco Bay, Maine; Chief of Naval Operations Office, Washington, DC; Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, China
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/90618
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About this Item
Title
- Henry Judah Heimlich Collection
Names
- Miskimens, Jeff
- Gardner, Theodore Harbison
- Heimlich, Henry Judah
- Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio
Home State
- Ohio
Headings
- - Heimlich, Henry Judah
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- 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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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO); Naval Group China; Navy Reserve; USS Repose (AH 16)
- Location of Service: China; Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts; Receiving Station, Casco Bay, Maine; Chief of Naval Operations Office, Washington, DC; Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, China
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Dates of Service: 1943-1952
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: After service the veteran created the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve (flutter valve) and is the thoracic surgeon widely credited as the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver.
Materials
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1943-1946)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2009-04-20; 2009)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/90618
Cite as
- Henry Judah Heimlich Collection (AFC/2001/001/90618), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Chief of Naval Operations Office, Washington, DC
- China
- Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, China
- Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts
- Receiving Station, Casco Bay, Maine