Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Edward Dickinson Meares Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Signal Corps
- Location of Service: New Guinea; Leyte Island (Philippines); Luzon (Philippines); Berlin, Germany; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Norfolk, Virginia; Washington, DC; Korea; Japan; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/82962
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About this Item
Title
- Edward Dickinson Meares Collection
Names
- Meares, Edward Dickinson
- Eastern Mennonite University
- Eads, Martha
- Wright, Nigel
Home State
- Virginia
Headings
- - Meares, Edward Dickinson
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
- - 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
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Signal Corps
- Location of Service: New Guinea; Leyte Island (Philippines); Luzon (Philippines); Berlin, Germany; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Norfolk, Virginia; Washington, DC
- Dates of Service: 1942-1974
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Location of Service: Korea; Japan
- Dates of Service: 1942-1974
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army
- Location of Service: Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Dates of Service: 1942-1974
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected unknown)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2012)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/82962
Cite as
- Edward Dickinson Meares Collection (AFC/2001/001/82962), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Berlin, Germany
- Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Fort Huachuca, Arizona
- Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
- Japan
- Korea
- Leyte Island (Philippines)
- Luzon (Philippines)
- New Guinea
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Vietnam
- Washington, DC