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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: Ranger Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division; 45th Infantry Division; 103rd Infantry Division; 2nd Infantry Division
  • Location of Service: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Blanding, Florida; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Camp Shanks, New York; Fort Sam Houston and Camp Swift, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Normandy, France; Germany; Austria
  • Highest Rank: Private First Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/67251

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About this Item

Title

  • John Wilson Caldwell, Jr. Collection

Names

  • self-interview
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Shorak, B.J.
  • Caldwell Jr., John Wilson

Home State

  • North Carolina

Headings

  • -  Caldwell Jr., John Wilson
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: Ranger Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division; 45th Infantry Division; 103rd Infantry Division; 2nd Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Camp Blanding, Florida; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Camp Shanks, New York; Fort Sam Houston and Camp Swift, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Normandy, France; Germany; Austria
    • Highest Rank: Private First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1946
    • Entrance into Service: Drafted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: Caldwell sustained shrapnel wounds to his shoulder and suffered from trench foot. Special duties/highlights/achievements include: "Awarded Bronze Star for Rhineland Operation. As a Ranger, we kept in touch with the powers that be as to what needed attention - radio contact."

Materials

  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2009-04-21)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1948-06-15)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2009-06-29)
  • Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2009-06-28; 2009-06-28)
  • Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1943)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Radio broadcast (collected 1945; 1994-12-31)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/67251

Cite as

  • John Wilson Caldwell, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/67251), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • online text

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:

Self-Interview, National Court Reporters Association, B.J Shorak, and John Wilson Caldwell Jr. John Wilson Caldwell, Jr. Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.67251/.

APA citation style:

Self-Interview, National Court Reporters Association, Shorak, B. J. & Caldwell Jr, J. W. (1943) John Wilson Caldwell, Jr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.67251/.

MLA citation style:

Self-Interview, et al. John Wilson Caldwell, Jr. Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.67251/>.