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Benjamin Abramowitz at time of interview

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; 1st Aviation Company, 1st Infantry Division; 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
  • Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Washington, DC; Germany; Korea; Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/106844

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection

Names

  • American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter, Central Florida Region
  • Abramowitz, Benjamin Louis
  • Rodriguez, Louis
  • Bice, Burton C.

Home State

  • Florida

Headings

  • -  Abramowitz, Benjamin Louis
  • -  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

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; 1st Aviation Company, 1st Infantry Division; 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division; 82nd Aviation Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort Riley, Kansas; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Washington, DC; Germany; Korea; Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: Colonel
    • Dates of Service: 1955-1983
    • Entrance into Service: Commissioned
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran also served with the 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment; 11th Aviation Group, 1st Cavalry Division; 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He served as Army Chief of Standardization; Regimental Senior Advisor to the 8th Regiment, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN); on the faculty at the United States Army Command and General Staff College; and as a professor of military science at Lehigh University, Air Command, 3rd ROTC Region.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2016-11-05; 2016-11-05)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2016-11-05)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/106844

Cite as

  • Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection (AFC/2001/001/106844), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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.

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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:

American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter, Central Florida Region, Benjamin Louis Abramowitz, Louis Rodriguez, and Burton C Bice. Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection. 1955. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.106844/.

APA citation style:

American Red Cross, T. B. C., Abramowitz, B. L., Rodriguez, L. & Bice, B. C. (1955) Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.106844/.

MLA citation style:

American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter, Central Florida Region, et al. Benjamin Louis Abramowitz Collection. 1955. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.106844/>.