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Veteran standing on steps of F-101 interceptor aircraft, Suffolk County Air Force Base (AFB), New York [1966]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Cold War
  • Branch of Service: Air Force
  • Unit of Service: 74th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS); 29th FIS; 59th FIS; 964th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron; 98th FIS; 4754th Radar Evaluation Squadron; 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron
  • Location of Service: Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; James Connally Air Force Base, Texas; Waco, Texas; Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada; McClellan Air Force Base, California; Sacramento, California; Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York; Clark Air Base, Philippines; Vietnam; Thule Air Base, Greenland; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; California
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/45037

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Ivan L. Hager Collection
Interview / Recording

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[ Certificate appointing Hager to the "Order of the Falcon" [9/24/1957] ]
[ Certificate of Honor for Hager from the 74th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, the "Flying Tigers" ]
[ Citation to accompany the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Ivan Hager ]
[ Certificate attesting to the fact that Major Ivan Hager completed 1000 hours of flight time in the Lockheed C-130 Hercules Prop-Jet Transport [6/30/1969] ]
[ Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross [3/24/1968] ]

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[ Citation to accompany the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (First Oak Leaf Cluster) to Ivan Hager ]
[ Certificate inducting Hager into the "Knights of the Blue Nose" for having served more than 3 months above the Arctic Circle ]

About this Item

Title

  • Ivan L. Hager Collection

Names

  • Hansford, Michele
  • Powers Museum
  • Pittman, Marti
  • Hager, Ivan L.

Home State

  • Missouri

Headings

  • -  Hager, Ivan L.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Unit of Service: 74th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS); 29th FIS; 59th FIS; 964th Airborne Early Warning and Control Squadron; 98th FIS; 4754th Radar Evaluation Squadron; 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron
    • Location of Service: Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; James Connally Air Force Base, Texas; Waco, Texas; Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada; McClellan Air Force Base, California; Sacramento, California; Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York
    • Dates of Service: 1952-1973
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Location of Service: Clark Air Base, Philippines; Vietnam; Thule Air Base, Greenland; Hill Air Force Base, Utah; California
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2006-03-23)
  • Photograph: Digital print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 1966-1970)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [7 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1957-1970)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/45037

Cite as

  • Ivan L. Hager Collection (AFC/2001/001/45037), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

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:

Hansford, Michele, Powers Museum, Marti Pittman, and Ivan L Hager. Ivan L. Hager Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.45037/.

APA citation style:

Hansford, M., Powers Museum, Pittman, M. & Hager, I. L. (1952) Ivan L. Hager Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.45037/.

MLA citation style:

Hansford, Michele, et al. Ivan L. Hager Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.45037/>.