Veterans History Project: An Interview with Kenneth Stewart
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Interview conducted by Jeanne Czarnecki and produced by Jennifer Cockerill. Recorded at the Downtown Branch, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, May 13, 2014.
Kenneth M. Stewart is a Montgomery native, born and raised in Alabama. He served in the United States Air Force beginning in 1968 at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, Beale Air Force Base in California, U-Tapao Royal Thai Air Force Base and Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, Loring Air Force Base in Maine, and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. He served as a pilot for two tours during the Vietnam War and was part of the 744th, and 456th Bombardment Squadrons, the 42nd Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron, and the 42nd Bombardment Wing. He participated in Operation Arc Light in Vietnam. Stewart is a highly decorated veteran, receiving medals such as, American Defense Service Medal (ADSM), AFCM (Air Force Commendation Medal), DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross), JSAM (Joint Service Achievement Medal), Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Vietnam Service Medal. He reached the rank of Major.
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5/13/2014
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Veterans History Project: An Interview with Robert Shippen
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Interview conducted by Jeanne Czarnecki and produced by Jennifer Cockerill. Recorded at Headquarters, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, June 30, 2015.
Raised in rural Alabama and Georgia, Robert Edward Lee Shippen had a typically Southern childhood, with many family members having served in the armed forces during World War II. In 1966, Shippen enlisted in the army. Signing up as Airborne Unassigned, he received training in light weapons and attended both paratrooper and officer candidate school. After passing the Special Forces Intelligence test, he started his year-long training for academic medicine and combatant. In December 1967, he arrived in Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. As an army medic, he performed many life-saving procedures, treated burns, shrapnel punctures, and chest wounds. During the army's "secret war" in Cambodia, Shippen rescued hundreds of refugees. For his military service, he received many medals of honor, among which are a Combat Medics Badge, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. He reached the rank of E5 - Sergeant (Army). Shippen's tour of duty ended in December 1968, but re-enlisted in the army two years later to become a military diver specializing in hyperbaric chamber operations in Okinawa, the Philippines and Korea. He eventually settled in Santa Cruz, California to begin counseling veterans with PTSD at his nonprofit counseling center.
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
6/30/2015
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Veterans History Project: An Interview with Terrence J. Plank
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Interview conducted by Jeanne Czarnecki and produced by Jennifer Cockerill. Recorded at Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Downtown Branch, October 21, 2014.
Born in Sunnyside, Washington in 1947, Terrence J. Plank served in the United States Army from 1964 to 1977 during the Vietnam War. He was a combat medic in the 3rd Battalion, 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne division, and a member of the six-man Long Ranger Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) team. Plank was stationed in more than 11 locations, including Landing Zone (LZ) near Phan Thiet, Vietnam. He participated in many counteroffensives and operations from 1967 to 1968, most noticeably Counteroffensive IV and V, Operation Nevada Eagle and the Tet Offensive. He received the following medals: Bronze Star for Valor, Army Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, and Combat Medic Badge. He reached the rank of E-5.
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Cockerill, Jennifer
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
2014-10-21
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Hervey M. Goold (1972/11/10)
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Nelson, Robert L.
Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Roy C. Calcote (1971/04/10)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Bernardo K. Ramos (1971/03/24)
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
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