Interview with Jeremy Adam Bowen, November 3, 2010
Project: American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Jeremy Bowen was born in Huntington, Virginia, but moved to Kentucky with his mother when he was a small child. He signed up for the Army during high school, enlisting only four days before the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Bowen talks about his mentality when entering the armed forces as well as the lessons his years in the Army have taught him. Also discussed are enemy engagements in Iraq, the differences in preparedness between his first and second tours of duty and his thoughts on being an American after having served in the military. Bowen graduated from the psychology program at Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky and is now enrolled in the Social Work graduate program at the University of Kentucky focusing on Alcohol and Substance Abuse.Interview Accession
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bootcamp From Combat to Kentucky Higher education military specialization training transitionInterview LC Subject
Afghanistan College students--Kentucky--Interviews Fallujah (Iraq) Iraq Iraq War, 2003-2011 Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001- United States. Army United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd University of Kentucky Veterans--Education (Higher)--Kentucky Veterans--Kentucky--Interviews War on Terrorism, 2001-2009Interview Rights
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Bowen, Jeremy Adam Interview by Mark Tyler Scott. 03 Nov. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Bowen, J.A. (2010, November 03). Interview by M. T. Scott. American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Bowen, Jeremy Adam, interview by Mark Tyler Scott. November 03, 2010, American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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