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Oral history interview with Lee Allen
Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 3162
Scope and Contents
Transcript (32 pages) and audiocassette recording of an interview with veteran Lee Allen conducted by Mark D. Bell for the Ray Hillam project, dated approximately 1985. Allen went to Vietnam in 1962 and was never wounded. He discusses the brutality of the enemy during the war. He says that the United States press did a poor job in reporting the war, failed to note how brutal the enemy was, and wrongly indicated that the war could not be won. He says the United States could have won the war...
Dates:
approximately 1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Howard Allen Christy interview and responses to questions
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3165
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Murray Duff on 29 March 1985 and responses to questions posed by Ray C. Hillam in November of 1985. Christy graduated from college in 1955 and joined the Marine Corps. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and retired from the Marines in 1975. Christy was in Hawaii when the Vietnam War broke out and was made a company commander of a rifle company in the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Dates:
1985 March 29
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John A. Duff interview
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 3167
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Murray Duff, son of John A. Duff, on 15 April 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. John A. Duff was stationed in Ft. Benning, Georgia, as an Army aviator before he was assigned to Vietnam in 1965. He served with the 197th Armed Helicopter Company and took over as a platoon commander. He told about his combat experiences, the various missions in which he participated, and the strategies employed. John A. Duff was a member of the Church...
Dates:
1985 April 15
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Oral history interview with Wayne A. Warr
Collection
Identifier: MSS SC 3192
Scope and Contents
A typescript and two audiocassette recordings of an interview with Wayne A. Warr conducted by Scott M. Fellows on February 14, 1985, for the Ray Hillam war project. Warr served in the United States Army and was sent to Vietnam in 1965 as a radio operator. He was in Vietnam for three months in 1965 and returned in 1967 as a platoon sergeant. He tells about his daily routines, experiences when ambushed, and difficulty distinguishing the enemy. States the North Vietnamese were well trained,...
Dates:
1985 February 14
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Scott M. Fellows interview with Wayne A. Farr
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3032
Scope and Contents
Typescript of an interview conducted by Scott M. Fellows on 14 Feb. 1985 for the War Project at Brigham Young University. Also included is the reel-to-reel sound tape from which the trancription was made. Warr talks about his three tours of duty in Vietnam starting in 1965, 1967, and 1970. He discusses how the war changed over those years. He was wounded in combat in 1967.
Dates:
1985 February 14
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 6290
Abstract
This collection consists of interviews with Korean and Vietnam veterans under the direction of Ray C. Hillam for his war project. It covers topics such as recruitment, training, daily routines, duties, missions, how their experience as an LDS soldier differed from their fellow soldiers, and many other topics as the veterans reveal their war experiences and what it meant to them. Includes six interviews, each interview consisting of a transcript and either a cassette tape or audio reel of the...
Dates:
1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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