Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Alvester Ivey Gales Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Cold War
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 4th Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade; 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade;
- Location of Service: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Washington, District of Columbia
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/86099
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About this Item
Title
- Alvester Ivey Gales Collection
Names
- Gales, Alvester Ivey
- McCoy, Michael L.
- Military Chaplains Project 213
Home State
- Maryland
Headings
- - Gales, Alvester Ivey
- - Cold War -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- Black or African American
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Cold War
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: 4th Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division; 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade; 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade;
- Location of Service: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Kaiserslautern, Germany; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Stewart, Georgia; Washington, District of Columbia
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Dates of Service: 1976-2011
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: Unit of service continued: XVIII Airborne Corps; Army Medical Command. Veteran served as a Chaplain.
Materials
- Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2012-09-22)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2012-09-22; 2012-09-22)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/86099
Cite as
- Alvester Ivey Gales Collection (AFC/2001/001/86099), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Fort Stewart, Georgia
- Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Washington, District of Columbia
Service Unit
- 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
- 20th Engineer Brigade
- 27th Engineer Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 68th Armor Regiment
- 82nd Airborne Division
- 94th Air Defense Artillery Brigade