Veteran Institute Interview 1283: Dutch Military Service in Bosnia

Veteranen Instituut provides an oral history interview with a Dutch military veteran. The interview describes his service as a firefighter during conscription, his role as a CIMIC Functional Specialist and deputy commander of a LOT house in Drvar, Bosnia. The dataset was last updated on October 24, 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyzing veteran motivation and military career paths based on personal narrative.
• Studying Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) operations and LOT-team tasks described in the interview.
• Researching interpersonal dynamics and local population contact during the Bosnia conflict.

Strengths

• Interview provides a detailed first-person account of specific military roles and tasks.
• The description explicitly mentions geographic context (Drvar, Bosnia) and operational units (LOT-team).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Veteranen Instituut

Collection Method

Oral history interview.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:30:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Drvar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.