| Title: |
Kevin Roy Lee
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/5902
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
Kevin Lee’s budding career as a teacher and wrestling coach was interrupted in November 1990, when his Army reserve unit for called up to serve in the Persian Gulf. While Lee was wrangling trucks and heavy equipment in the desert, his wife, who taught at the same school, took over his coaching duties, becoming the first female wrestling coach in Tennessee. Lee was buoyed by the support of his community when he and his men left for and returned from the Middle East. Even though he would leave the reserves to devote more time to his teaching, he was tempted to join his old unit when they were mobilized in 2003 to serve in Iraq.
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| Extent: |
2 pages
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.05902/pageturner?ID=pm0002001
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Lee, Kevin Roy, 1964-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
2-Feb-1964
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Bethesda, MD; Maryland; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Mavredes, Tony
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
Persian Gulf War, 1991
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Iraq; Kuwait; Middle East; North America; Saudi Arabia; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Iraq; Kuwait; Middle East; North America; Oral history; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Persian Gulf War, 1991--Personal narratives, American; Persian Gulf War, 1991--Veterans; Saudi Arabia; U.S. Army; United States; United States--Armed Forces
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0032658-35772
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