Oral History Interview with Robert E. Nolan

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Interviewee

Robert E. Nolan

Interviewer

Louise Graham

Interview/Donation Date

7-21-2016

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Served In

Korea

Dates of Service

Oct. 1951-Oct. 1954; 1958-1962

Summary

Robert Nolan – Served in H Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, First Marine Division; 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment. Injured during tour of duty in Korea, receiving Purple Heart. Second tour of duty was served in Subic Bay, Philippines; Capetown, South Africa; Mombasa, Kenya; Madagascar. Active in effort to build monument honoring Korean War veterans in Massachusetts.

Related Materials

The Veterans History Project was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 (Public Law 106-380). The Project collects first-hand accounts of U.S. Veterans from World War I (1914-1920), World War II (1939-1946), the Korean War (1950-1955), the Vietnam War (1961-1975), the Persian Gulf War (1990-1995), and the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts (2001-present), For more information about the Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center, visit http://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.html.

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Each participant in the Veterans History Project has signed a release form allowing Maxwell Library to use these materials. In accordance with the Library of Congress, VHP participants (both interviewees and interviewers) retain the copyright to their materials; therefore, permission will need to be obtained before using the interview in exhibition or publication. For additional information about using the VHP collections, please visit http://www.loc.gov/vets/researchinfo.html

Recommended Citation

Nolan, Robert E., "Oral History Interview with Robert E. Nolan" (2016). Veterans History Project Personal Narratives. 36.
https://vc.bridgew.edu/vhp_stories/36