Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Charles Seymour Kettles Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 176th Aviation Company, 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, Americal Division; 121st Aviation Company; Task Force Oregon; 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
- Location of Service: Korea; Japan; France; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Ord, California; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Bliss, Texas; Vietnam; Thailand; Fort Wolters, Texas; France; Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/53019
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Title
- Charles Seymour Kettles Collection
Names
- Kettles, Charles Seymour
- Vollano, William J.
- Ypsilanti District Library and Ypsilanti Rotary
- Chapman, Mimi
Home State
- Michigan
Headings
- - Kettles, Charles Seymour
- - Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division
- Location of Service: Korea; Japan; France; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Ord, California; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Bliss, Texas
- Dates of Service: 1951-1978
- Entrance into Service: Drafted
- Military Status: veteran
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 176th Aviation Company, 14th Combat Aviation Battalion, Americal Division; 121st Aviation Company; Task Force Oregon
- Location of Service: Vietnam; Thailand; Fort Wolters, Texas; France; Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Entrance into Service: Drafted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for his service on 05/05/1967 near the Song Tra Cau riverbed in Vietnam. When he learned that members of a 101st Airborne Division unit had suffered casualties during an intense firefight with the enemy, he volunteered to lead a flight of six UH-1D helicopters to carry reinforcements to the embattled force and to evacuate wounded personnel. He returned repeatedly to evacuate personnel under fire.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-11-15; 2004-07-21)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1967)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 1965-2005)
- Manuscript: Clippings [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2001)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/53019
Cite as
- Charles Seymour Kettles Collection (AFC/2001/001/53019), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Fort Bliss, Texas
- Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Fort Ord, California
- Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Fort Wolters, Texas
- France
- Japan
- Korea
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Service Unit
- 101st Airborne Division
- 121st Aviation Company
- 14th Combat Aviation Battalion
- 176th Aviation Company
- 1st Brigade
- Americal Division
- Task Force Oregon