Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Donald E. Fisher Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Military Police
- Location of Service: Okinawa, Japan; Germany; Italy
- Highest Rank: Specialist Four
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/95625
Almost a century after his Cherokee grandfather shortened his name from Kingfisher to Fisher upon joining the Navy in 1861, Donald Fisher was drafted into the Army and trained as a Military Policeman. He spent the Korean War guarding a US general, before transferring to Germany, where he befriended Elvis Presley. After seventeen years' service, repeated denials of promotion, and suspicion toward his Japanese wife, he took an honorable discharge in 1967.
Interview / Recording
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PlayPulled over by a policeman when giving a Woman's Army Corps member a lift to Washington DC; policeman orders them to return to base; calls Senator, who gets him transferred to Niagara, New York. 00:11:33.0 - 00:13:29.0
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PlayAfter marriage to a Japanese woman, cannot promote past Specialist-4 for over a decade; deciding to retire. 00:13:37.0 - 00:14:40.0
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PlayPlaying guitar at the Service Clubs; forming a band; befriending Elvis Presley. 00:17:50.0 - 00:18:37.0
About this Item
Title
- Donald E. Fisher Collection
Names
- Trott, Wendy Carmen
- National Association of African-American Studies
- Fisher, Donald E.
- Berry, Lemuel
Home State
- Rhode Island
Headings
- - Fisher, Donald E.
- - Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- American Indian and Alaskan Native
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Korean War, 1950-1953
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Military Police
- Location of Service: Okinawa, Japan; Germany; Italy
- Highest Rank: Specialist Four
- Dates of Service: 1950-1967
- Entrance into Service: Drafted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2014-03-21; 2014)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2014-03-21; 2014)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [2 items] -- Photograph (collected 1978)
- Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected unknown)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected 2021)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/95625
Cite as
- Donald E. Fisher Collection (AFC/2001/001/95625), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video