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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 187th Infantry Brigade; 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; 197th Infantry Brigade; 3rd Infantry Regiment; 5th Infantry Division
  • Location of Service: West Point, New York; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Virginia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Knox, Kentucky; California; Vietnam; Japan
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/94347

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About this Item

Title

  • John Charles Hedley Collection

Names

  • Hedley, John Charles
  • Library of Congress
  • Veterans History Project
  • Patrick, Robert W.

Home State

  • North Carolina

Headings

  • -  Hedley, John Charles
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 187th Infantry Brigade; 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division; 197th Infantry Brigade; 3rd Infantry Regiment; 5th Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: West Point, New York; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Virginia; Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Knox, Kentucky; California; Vietnam; Japan
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1963-1990
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was enlisted in the Army from 1963 to 1966, and received his commission from US Military Academy (USMA) at West Point in 1968. He served as a combat reconnaissance platoon leader in Vietnam, a division inspector general, and as a foreign area officer in Japan.

Materials

  • Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2013-11-22)
  • Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2013-11-22)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2013-11-22; 2013-11-22)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2013-11-22; 2013-11-22)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 2013-11-22)
  • Manuscript: Other Manuscript Material [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2013-11-22)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/94347

Cite as

  • John Charles Hedley Collection (AFC/2001/001/94347), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Additional Metadata Formats

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:

Hedley, John Charles, Library Of Congress, Veterans History Project, and Robert W Patrick. John Charles Hedley Collection. 1963.

APA citation style:

Hedley, J. C., Library Of Congress, Veterans History Project & Patrick, R. W. (1963) John Charles Hedley Collection.

MLA citation style:

Hedley, John Charles, et al. John Charles Hedley Collection. 1963.