Interview with John H. Holmes, Jr., December 20, 2012
Project: American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard and the Global War on Terror Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This is an interview with Major John H. Holmes, Jr. relating to his deployment to Iraq in 2005 as a part of the 623rd Field Artillery Battalion of the Kentucky National Guard.Interview Accession
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Abu Ghraib Prison Al Qaeda Attacks car bombings car bombs contractors convoy escort duty convoys detainees humvees IED attacks IEDs KBR Kentucky National Guard KIA killed in action Mahdi Army nature of insurgency origin of insurgency Sadr City (Iraq) small arms fire stress stress of commandInterview LC Subject
Abu Ghraib Prison Baghdad (Iraq) Battle casualties Blackwater USA Elections--Iraq Halliburton Company Holmes, John H., Jr. Holmes, John H., Jr.--Interviews Hummer trucks Improvised explosive devices Insurgency Iraq KBR (Firm) Post-traumatic stress disorder Qaida (Organization) Sadr, MuqtadaInterview Rights
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Holmes, John H., Jr. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 20 Dec. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Holmes, J.H., Jr. (2012, December 20). Interview by J. Suchanek. American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard and the Global War on Terror Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Holmes, John H., Jr., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. December 20, 2012, American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard and the Global War on Terror Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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