Oral History of Derek Mason Henry

Oral History of Derek Mason Henry

Oral History, Henry

Army

Veterans--Florida

Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-

Global War on Terror, 2001-2009

An oral history of Derek Mason Henry's experience serving in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Henry enlisted in the United States Army and served in the 2nd Battalion, the 124th Regiment, the 53rd Infantry Division. Interview topics include overseas service, Henry's family, enlistment, the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, the attacks on September 11th, basic training, service in Afghanistan, and the National Guard.

Oral history interview of Derek Mason Henry. Interview conducted by Jeff Key and Jade Holroyd at Henry's home.

0:00:10 Interviewee information
0:00:34 Branch of service and rank
0:01:00 Experiences overseas
0:02:14 Mission
0:03:16 Which war served in
0:03:32 Family
0:04:00 Wife
0:04:15 Before service
0:04:30 Age joined
0:05:22 Family in military
0:06:00 Reason chose Army
0:06:40 Deployed for hurricanes 2004 and medals
0:07:10 National Guard
0:07:30 Deployed after 9/11
0:07:40 Furthering career
0:08:20 Job as officer
0:09:20 Basic training
0:10:50 Air assault and friends
0:11:30 Action while deployed IEDs
0:13:17 Keeping in contact with family
0:15:27 Recreation
0:16:00 Job schedule while deployed and recreation
0:18:10 Indirect fire
0:19:00 Awards, souvenirs, coins
0:23:00 Dogs of War Awards continued
0:24:59 Didn't engage enemy
0:25:08 Range and use of 50 cal
0:26:01 Return home
0:28:00 Readjusting to civilian life
0:29:00 Keeping in touch with friends
0:30:17 How old experiences effect you
0:31:28 Metals on Class A, Air Assault
0:34:30 ROTC, difference from enlisted
0:36:25 Civilian job with National Guard
0:37:10 Pictures from overseas
0:38:38 David Tell pictures
0:40:00 Conclusions
0:40:30 Life lessons
0:41:11 Visuals of souvenirs

Key, Jeff

Holroyd, Jade

Henry, Derek Mason

Henry, David Mason. Interviewed by Jeff Key and Jade Holroyd. UCF Community Veterans History Project, DP0011890. February 28, 2011. Audio record available. University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, Orlando, Florida.

2011-02-28

2011-02-28

UCF Community Veterans History Project, Orlando, Florida.

War in Afghanistan Collection, UCF Community Veterans History Project Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

audio/mp3

75.1 MB

41-minute and 11-second Digital (DAT) audio recording

eng

Sound

Leesburg, Florida

Afghanistan

Donation

History Teacher

Civics/Government Teacher

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Originally created by Jeff Key and Jade Holroyd and owned by Special Collections and University Archives.

All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/SpecialCollections/.

Cepero, Laura

University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Center of Military History. Operation Enduring Freedom: October 2001-March 2002. Washington, D.C.: [U.S. Army Center of Military History], 2004.

Neumann, Brian F., Lisa M. Mundey, and Jon Mikolashek. Operation Enduring Freedom. 2013.; Tripp, Robert S., Kristin F. Lynch, John G. Drew, and Edward Wei-Min Chan. Lessons from Operation Enduring Freedom. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.

Wright, Donald P. A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), October 2001-September 2005. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, 2010.

Key, Jeff

Holroyd, Jade

Henry, Derek Mason

1 Digital (DAT) audio recording

41 minutes and 11 seconds

253kbps