Title: Fred Owens Oral History

Date/Date Range :   2004

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of interviews with Fred Owens conducted on March 18, 2004 and May 19, 2004. Owens discusses his time as a soldier in post-WWII Germany and his service with the 1st Cavalry in Vietnam.

Call number: MS-2651

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by The Veteran's Oral History Project for the Study of War and Society in 2005.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Fred Owens Oral History, MS-2651. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Fred Owens was born in Edison, Georgia, 1941. He grew up in Tampa, Florida. He did his basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and from there moved to Fort Hood, Texas. He spent three years in Germany as a soldier. He was in Germany in 1961 when the Berlin Wall went up. Later, he served 13 months in Vietnam with the First Cavalry. Still later, he taught school for 4 ½ years, and then worked with the U.S. Postal Service.

This collection consists of an interview with Fred Owens conducted on March 18, 2004 and May 19, 2004 for The Veteran's Oral History Project, Center for the Study of War and Society, Department of History, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

• Owens, Fred, 1941-.
• Germany -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American.