Edwin Francis Atkins Collection

Biographical Information

Gender

Male

Race

White

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War or Conflict

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1954-1988

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

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

Prisoner of War

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Photograph: Copy photographic print [22 items] -- Photograph

Manuscript: Clippings [3 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [39 items] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Periodicals [1 item] -- Typewritten document

Manuscript: Printed matter [5 items] -- Typewritten document

Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files

Interviewer:

Joe Courtney

Interviewer:

Buckley Morgan

Contributor:

Briana McGuckin

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Central Connecticut State University

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/100655

Subjects:

Atkins, Edwin Francis

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives

United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Edwin Francis Atkins Collection
(AFC/2001/001/100655), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress