This is a transcript from a taped oral history interview with SGM Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam Conflict prisoner of war (audio version also available in USASMA digital library). He was interviewed by MSG Ransic Refeus for the US ARMY SERGEANTS...
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
In command of the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, also known as the "Ready First" Brigade, COL Sean MacFarland, deployed his command from Central Germany to Iraq in March 2006. The Ready First Brigade assumed control of western Ninewah Province...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
The following is a group interview conducted with three former 1st Infantry Division soldiers concerning their experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Jason Bell served from February 2004 through March 2005 with Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron,...
This is a transcript of a taped interview with Sergeant Major of the Army William G. Bainbridge, conducted by Sergeant Major Erwin H. Koehler (United States Army, retired) for the Center of Military History, United States Army and the United States...
This is a transcript of a lecture given by Sergeant Major Dennis Thompson, former Vietnam War POW, to USASMA Class of 1983. He talks about his imprisonment and what he learned from it, including how he survived, advice on how to prepare for the...
Maj Lou Albano served as the director of standardization and safety (DOS) for Heavy Helicopter Squadron-361 (HMH-361) in Al Asad, Iraq during 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In the second of two January 2009 interviews, Maj...
This is a transcript of an interview with Sergeant Major of the Army Leon L. Van Autreve (USA- ret.) conducted in 1994 for the Sergeants major of the Army History Project.
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
Following his March to June 2002 deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - where he served as operations officer of 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, which had responsibility for external security and detainee transfers at Camps X-Ray and Delta -...
Douglas Cubbison, the Command Historian for the 10th Mountain Division, conducted a series of interviews with the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan during January 2007, along with several additional interviews conducted in...
Lieutenant Megan Eldred mobilized in May 2006 as a cross-level filler for the 38th Division Support Command (DISCOM), Indiana Army National Guard, which deployed to Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Despite her...
In this interview, Major Lawrence Mullany, US Army, talks about his deployment to Iraq as a Brigade Battle Major in September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. MAJ Mullany discusses his experience with the pre-deployment training and also...
MAJ Jim Riely served as the Battalion Maintenance Officer (BMO) for the 4th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division during 20003 and 2004 in Kirkuk and ad Dijayl, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this December...
MAJ Pete Hathaway served as the company commander of Delta Company, 1-227th Aviation Unit Maintenance (AVUM) company and as executive officer (X)) of at the Aviation Support Battalion (ASB) at Camp Taji during 2006 and 2007 in support of Operation...
The command sergeant major for the 57th Field Artillery Brigade, Wisconsin National Guard, when the state received a requirement to put together an embedded training team (ETT) for duty in Afghanistan, Command Sergeant Major Jeff Janke volunteered,...
Emerson, Henry E., 1925-; Jackson, Jonathan R.; Dabrowski, John R. (John Raymond); US Army Military History Institute. Oral History Branch.; Army War College (U.S.)
This oral history transcript is a part of the academic year 2004, US Army War College/US Army Military History Institute's Senior Officer Oral History Program, prepared under the auspices of the Institute's Oral History Branch.
LTG Emerson was...