Abstract This collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Gregg W. Asher and Aaron Brownlee and Andrew Fasching in November 2003. Asher served in the United States Army during Vietnam in the 23rd Infantry Division, known as the Americal Division. He discusses his training, his experiences in Vietnam, and life in the United States when he returned. Asher was trained as a Quartermaster and achieved the rank of E-5. This oral...

Abstract The Patricia J. Johannsen collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Johannsen and Daardi Sizemore in 2002. Johannsen served in the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. She talks about her time in the military, working in the hospital and the friends she met. Johannsen also talks about photographs she took while in the service. These photographs are not part of the collection.This oral history interview was conducted...

Abstract The Lee collection consists of a VHS videocassette, a brief biographical form from, and a news clipping from an oral history interview conducted between Lee and James Kuhlmann in 2004. In this interview, Lee talks about his time in the Army during World War II as part of the 109th Engineering Battalion. Lee talks about entering the service, his time stationed in Ireland, his time as a prisoner of war, and life after the service.This oral history interview was conducted as part of...

Abstract The Adeline L. Levin collection consists of two audiocassettes and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Levin and Rhys Gaffer in 2003. The general topic of the interview is the wartime experiences of a woman involved in the first ever U.S. Army’s Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps and later the Women’s Army Corps (WAAC/WAC) during its creation at the beginning of World War II. The interview goes into details of the stateside activities of the Corps and the impact women had in...

Abstract This collection consists of an audiocassette tape, CD duplicate of the audiocassette, and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Cassandra L. Maiden and Daardi Sizemore in October 2003. Maiden enlisted as a Unites States Army WAC during the end of the Vietnam War. She received training as a LPN and served in the medical division. Maiden discusses her training and experiences as a woman in the Army. She also discusses what life was like for a nurse at Fort Riley, Kansas...

Abstract The Jennifer Needham collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Needham and Kellian Clink in 2002. Needham served in the Army and the Army Reserve. She talks about training camp and her travels around the world while in the service. Needham worked in supplies and achieved the rank of E-4.This oral history interview was conducted as part of the South Central Minnesota Veterans History Project conducted by the Southern...

Abstract The Ruth C. Perry collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Perry and Daardi Sizemore in 2002. Perry served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She tells detailed stories of her time in the service. She talks about the people she met the jobs she had and her steps through the ranks. Perry retired after 20 of service as Tech Sergeant, E-6.This oral history interview was conducted...

Abstract The Tacheny collection consists of an audiocassette and transcript of an oral history interview conducted between Tacheny and Grace Mlady in 2004. In this interview, Tacheny talks about her service in the United States Army Nurse Corp during World War II. Christine served in France and Germany during the War. She was in the war from 1944 until 1946. The interview also includes descriptions of her life in Mankato, Minnesota following the war, including her work as a nurse. Also in the...

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The collection contains two rolls of microfilm covering in alphabetical order, correspondents P-Z who wrote to the United States Adjutant General in 1821. Roll 143 contains P-Sm, 1821, and roll 144 contains Sp-Z, 1821. Included in roll 144 is a consolidated file for Henry Whiting (1812-1821).