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Title	Brooks, Vincent (Video interview)
Transcript of interview (PDF)	http://www.library.ohiou.edu/cdm/images/cantigny/pdf/brooks_vincent_transcript.pdf
Collection	Cantigny First Division Oral Histories II
Interviewee	Brooks, Vincent
Highest Rank/Grade Held	Major General
Subject-People	Brooks, Vincent
Subject-Name	United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- History United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- Biography United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- Interviews
Subject-Place	Germany Korea Kosovo (Republic) Iraq United States
Subject-LCSH	Cold War Iraq War, 2003- African American soldiers Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews
Run Time	0:39:22
Description	Major General Vincent Brooks has commanded the 1st Infantry Division since April 15, 2009. General Brooks describes his pleasure at returning to the Big Red One after serving with four other divisions, and other positions he held within the division during the Cold War. Brooks is proud of his time in the army and the army's accomplishments, and related that "at the age of fifty I tell everyone I've been in the Army for fifty years." The first African-American family to have three generals in two generations (Brooks himself, brother Leo A. Brooks, Jr., and father Leo A. Brooks, Sr.), he also served as the first African-American Cadet First Captain at West Point (1979-1980). He relates his appreciation of his parents' traditions of excellence, which taught him to excel in spite of racism and to never use his cultural identity as a crutch or excuse. Brooks, admitted to West Point in spite of a late application and at least partially on his athletic ability, describes West Point as the premier leadership school in the country and notes the intense competitiveness of cadets there. The general delivers an anecdote from his term as Cadet First Captain regarding the celebratory mood on the Friday night that the U.S. hockey team beat the Russian team. Brooks made the decision to cancel Saturday morning inspections the next day. The tactical officers who would conduct the inspections showed up, knocked on doors, and were confused. Brooks then segues into characteristics of a good leader--primarily, caring about his or her soldiers--which he learned through example from the Big Red One. Brooks lists (among other assignments) his fourteen months in the Pentagon and two years in Korea as excellent learning opportunities. Now that he is back in the Big Red One, General Brooks feels like he has come home. For him, commanding the Big Red One is the highest honor he could receive, and Brooks acknowledges his status as a role model.
Collection finding aid	http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/record=b4677159~S7
Interviewer	Goodwin, Gerald
Videographer	Hollar, Kyle
Producer	Falk, Jonathan
Location Recorded	Dearborn (Mich.)
Original Date	2009-08-07
Acknowledgements	Cantigny First Division Foundation WOUB Center for Public Media
More Info	http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/collection.php?CISOROOT=/CtgnyOrHis http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/
Copyright Info	Copyright for oral history interviews resides with both the interviewee and interviewer. Reproduced here with permission.
Copyright Holder	Brooks, Vincent Goodwin, Gerald
Media Type	Moving Image
Original Format	DV - NTSC
File Format	Adobe Flash
Digital Identifier	cantigny_brooks_vincent_20090807.mov.FLV
Language	English
Publisher	Ohio University Libraries. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections

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