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Description
Oral History interview of Jack Reynolds. Interview conducted by Sarah Schneider at Lake County Florida.
Log
0:40 Birthplace and date; 0:55 Siblings and parents occupations; 1:34 Growing up in hometown and school; 3:45 Family history of military service; 4:17 Entry into the service and going to Korea; 5:35 Going by ship to Japan; 7:00 Basic training; 8:00 Trained as a tanker, assigned as an infantryman; 9:25 Friend from basic dies while on patrol; 10:50 MASH and getting injured; 12:30 Goes on patrol, gets hit by mortar, goes back to MASH; 14:10 Friend picks him up; 15:15 Reassigned to an engineering unit at Inchon; 15:40 Building pipelines; 17:00 Investigating an interesting building meant for diseased people; 18:00 Driving a train because the conductor was drunk; 19:55 Fuel pipe breaks, stops a truck with the President onboard; 22:00 Collecting points to get sent home, staying for another rotation; 22:50 Korean people taking the spilled gas; 24:00 Value of the Korean Won, G.I. currency changes due to black market; 26:10 Special meal for Thanksgiving; 27:00 Makes friend in foxhole; 29:00 Korean people; 29:45 Gen. Ridgeway, taking pictures with his plane; 30:33 Inchon harbor and the high tide; 31:30 Oil spill and massive fire; 33:25 Training draftees at Camp Aderbury, Confederate band; 35:40 Earning Purple Hearts; 36:10 Having teeth fixed after returning home; 37:05 Meeting his wife; 38:50 Got a job as a civilian in the Navy; 40:05 Worked with artillery rounds and bombs; 42:55 Worked in other countries loading ammunition for American made ships; 43:50 Meets the leader of Taiwan; 45:50 Working in Greece, seeing the sights; 47:25 Witnessing brutality of foreign governments; 48:55 Working with Chinese workers; 50:35 Retires in Florida, joins veterans' organization; 51:55 Working in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor; 56:45 Movies versus reality of combat; 59:00 Contemplating time in the military as a Soldier and civilian; 59:45 Moving to Florida, meets people that they retired with; 1:00:40 Thank you and conclusion.
Date of Birth
1932-09-18
Place of Birth
Bedford (Ind.)
Gender
Male
Race
White - Non Hispanic
Home State
Indiana
War or Conflict
Korean Conflict
Status
Veteran
Begin/End date of Service - 1st
1951-09-01
Type
Video; MovingImage
1953-09-01
Entrance into Service
Enlisted
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Unit of Service
1st Cavalry
Location of Service
Korea
Highest Rank
Sergeant; SGT
Prisoner of War
No
Service Related Injury
Yes
Battles
Unspecified
Medals
Purple Heart; Combat Infantry Badge
Achievements
See video for details.
Note
Korean War and Korean Service Veterans of Lake County, Chapter 159 Inc. Awarded Purple Heart twice.
City of Birth
Bedford
Country of Birth
United States
Interviewer
Schneider, Sarah
Interview Date
Fall 11-5-2015
Location of Interview
Lake County FL.
Subjects
Reynolds, Jack D.; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives; United States. Army
Collection Description
Contains logs, audio and video recordings of interviews with Central Florida's veterans as part of a history class project for the students at the University of Central Florida (UCF). The UCF Community Veterans History Project(CVHP) started in fall 2010. It collects, preserves, and makes accessible to the public the experiences of Central Florida's veterans so that future generations will better understand the realities of conflict. It is a collaborative endeavor supported by multiple departments and offices at UCF. The veterans' histories are archived and made digitally available through the UCF library and selected materials are contributed to the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress.
Contributor Affiliation / Organization
RICHES; University of Central Florida
Contributors
Schneider, Sarah
Length of Interview
61 Minutes
Publisher
Department of History, University of Central Florida
Type
video
Rights
All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Repository
University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Project
UCF Community Veterans History Project
Document Type
Interview
Semester
Fall
Recommended Citation
Central Florida, RICHES of, "Reynolds, Jack D. interview" (2015). Veterans Oral Histories. 386.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/veteransoralhistories/386