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Description
Oral History interview of Marius Loots. Interview conducted by Munoz, Sebastian at University of Central Florida.
Log
0:30 Early Life and Childhood; 3:00 Why he chose the Marines; 4:50 Boot Camp Experience; 7:10 Camp Pendleton and Infantry School; 7:30 Tossing his first live grenade; 9:10 Arrival to the US Marines Base Hawaii; 14:10 First Deployment to Australia; 15:38 Drinking with a Superior officer for the first time; 17:00 Life in Australia; 17:40 The False Brief; 19:10 Accidentally Lighting the Australian Brush on Fire; 22:00 Comparing US Marine Benefits with Australian Army Benefits; 23:50 The Food and Australian Rations; 25:30 Stationing on the USS Germantown; 26:42 Activity onboard the Germantown; 27:48 Disease and Dysentery; 28:15 Turning 21; 30:20 Shellback Ceremony; 33:33 Interaction with Thai Military; 36:08 Experience in Indonesia and Malaysia; 43:30 IED Training; 44:29 Getting Drunk in Singapore; 46:47 Food Experience in Thailand; 47:55 Returns to the Australian Outback; 49:00 Degloves Finger; 50:00 Deployment to Okinawa; 52:42 Kicked out of a restaurant in Okinawa; 53:30 Training with the Korean Marines; 56:40 Training with the Korean Army; 57:35 Korean Food; 58:35 Loss of considerable weight doing mountain warfare training; 59:10 Jungle Warfare Training in Okinawa; 1:01:25 Returned to Hawaii on his Birthday; 1:02:25 Assigned to Military Police for rest of enlistment time; 1:03:30 Obama visits the base; 1:04:00 Stopped a drunk driver from entering the base at night; 1:05:53 Shenanigans with Rooster; 1:06:59 Why UCF, and his experience; 1:08:30 Perspective Between military and civilian life.
Date of Birth
1991-06-10
Place of Birth
Cape Town (South Africa)
Gender
Male
Race
White - Non Hispanic
Home State
NA
War or Conflict
Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan
Status
Veteran
Begin/End date of Service - 1st
2010-02-20
Type
Video; MovingImage
2015-10-09
Entrance into Service
Enlisted
Branch of Service
U.S. Marines
Unit of Service
2nd Battalion 3rd Marines Fox Company
Location of Service
Kaneohe Bay Marine Corp Base (Kaneohe, Hawaii); Okinawa Island (Japan)
Highest Rank
Corporal: CPL
Prisoner of War
No
Service Related Injury
No
Battles
Unspecified
Medals
Unspecified
Achievements
Acted as Military Police for 6 months.
Note
Not applicable
City of Birth
Cape Town
Country of Birth
South Africa
Interviewer
Munoz, Sebastian
Interview Date
Fall 11-15-2016
Location of Interview
University of Central Florida
Subjects
Loots, Marius; Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, 2001-present -- Personal Narratives; United States. Marines
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
Munoz, Sebastian
Length of Interview
71 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, "Loots, Marius interview" (2016). Veterans Oral Histories. 497.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/veteransoralhistories/497