Interview with Rocco Pepe, July 8, 2011
Project: American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Rocco Pepe is from Paterson, New Jersey. He joined the Marines in 1976 at eighteen and later joined the Air National Guard in 1990. In this interview Pepe describes his time at boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina. He discusses the Cold War and his involvement in the war. Pepe talks about some of the campaigns that he was a part of. He describes his work on the Arizona-Mexico border. Pepe also discusses getting his degree at Eastern Kentucky University and wanting to better communities by utilizing his military experience.Interview Accession
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From Combat to Kentucky Higher education military specialization training transitionInterview LC Subject
Cold war. College students--Kentucky--Interviews. Eastern Kentucky University Iraq. Iraq. Kuwait. Middle East. Parris Island (S.C. : Recruit depot) Persian Gulf War, 1991 September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. United States--Air National Guard. United States. Marine Corps Veterans--Education (Higher)--Kentucky Veterans--Kentucky--InterviewsInterview Rights
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Pepe, Rocco Interview by Ryan Donahue. 08 Jul. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Pepe, R. (2011, July 08). Interview by R. Donahue. American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Pepe, Rocco, interview by Ryan Donahue. July 08, 2011, 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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