Author Description

During the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 12 members of the Field Operations Branch visited more than 73 locations; ashore and afloat, inside and outside of the continental United States. While doing so, they spoke with more than 1,300 individuals from more than 200 military, government, and civilian organizations. This resulted in the collection and preservation of an unprecedented amount of historical data, to include paper and electronic documents, digital photographs, oral interviews, three-dimensional artifacts, and combat artwork. In this occasional paper, an interim product produced while the Archives Section at the Historical Division continues to accession the rapidly growing collection of materials from Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, our intent is to provide researchers with a preliminary user-friendly catalogue of the information we collected. Following a brief introduction, Chapters 2 through 6 list oral history interviews by command, ground combat, aviation, and combat service support elements, as well as coalition forces. Next, Chapters 7 through 10 list the recordings, documents, photos, and maps collected by each historian. Following Chapter 11, which is a list of combat art produced in Iraq, there are several appendices that offer a means for cross-referencing the data.