Peter Robert Young Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Peter Robert Young

State of Birth:

DC

Home State:

MD

Note:

Veteran's biographical form lists race/ethnicity as Chinese American.

Gender:

Male

Race:

Asian

War or Conflict:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1968-1970

Entrance into Service:

Drafted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

Base Camp, Special Services, 25th Infantry Division

Location of Service:

Fort Holabird, Maryland; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Ord, California; Alaska; Guam (Northern Mariana Islands); Cu Chi, Vietnam

Highest Rank:

Specialist Five

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran managed one of 32 Special Services Trailer Libraries in Vietnam, used by soldiers for recreation purposes.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: MiniDV [2 items] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Biographical information [2 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [25 items] --Typewritten document

Video: DVD [1 item] --Reference copy

Photograph: Photographic print [1 item] --Photographs

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [47 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Periodicals [2 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] --Typewritten document

Photograph: Duplicate [1 item] --Photographs

Interviewer:

Alison Trulock

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Library of Congress

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/66648

Subjects:

Young, Peter Robert
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Peter Robert Young Collection
(AFC/2001/001/66648), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress