Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Reginald Dobbs interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330232]
Identifier: MSS SC 3166
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Mike West on 27 Oct. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Dobbs arrived in Vietnam in 1971 and served as an assistant executive officer for an artillery battery. Later, he was assigned as artillery liaison officer for 2nd Battalion First Marines, which was the last Marine infantry unit active in Vietnam. He talked about freezing up the first time he was in combat, and he told about his other experiences in war. He said he was frustrated at times...
Dates:
1985 October 27
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
John A. Duff interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330224]
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
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
Stan Burnett interview with Ronald Roy Fernstedt
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3189
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Stan Burnett on 7 February 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Fernstedt enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1962, he seved in Dominican Republic in 1965, and requested a transfer to Vietnam. "Most of the men we had killed or wounded, were killed or wounded by accident or the stupidity of our own people and leaders." He told about his combat experiences including operation Osage. He stated that many people close to him were killed. He...
Dates:
1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Philip M. Flammer interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330299]
Identifier: MSS SC 3168
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Christopher Stockwell on October 31, 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Flammer describes how he went to Vietnam as a historian for the Air Force from 1968 to 1969 and lived in Saigon where he worked and taught for the University of Maryland. He also tutored a Vietnamese girl in English, performed some missionary work for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and felt compassion for the Vietnamese people. He said he wished...
Dates:
1985 October 31
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Dan Foote interviews
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330281]
Identifier: MSS SC 3169
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Wade Jacoby on 9 Oct. 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Foote joined the Marines Corps in 1968 at age 18, was trained as a radio operator, and served with an artillery battery in Vietnam. He told of his experiences in combat and what it was like to kill and to be shot at. He said many of the men drank alcohol and did drugs. Many times he was the only one who did not which made him lonely at times. He later made sergeant, and he...
Dates:
1985 October 9
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
David Gardner interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330273]
Identifier: MSS SC 3170
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Chinez Chukwurah on August 11, 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Gardner served as an entertainer with the USO before he was drafted in the United States Army. He was trained on high-speed computers and was deployed in Vietnam in 1971 to the Saigon-Tansunut Air Force Base. He repaired computers handled top-secret information that went from Vietnam to important government leaders and agencies. He never saw combat and served in the...
Dates:
1985 August 11
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
LeRoy Gunnell interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330265]
Identifier: MSS SC 3171
Scope and Contents
Interview conducted by an unknown person probably in 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Gunnell served as an English instructor at the United States Air Force Academy when he was deployed to Vietnam in 1969. He flew cargo aircraft in Vietnam, and he told about various missions he flew during the war. He and his crew often flew from six different bases each day flying materiel from one place to another. Gunnell grew to love the South Vietnamese whom he met, and the thought...
Dates:
1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231042422]
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
Robert Hughes interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330323]
Identifier: MSS SC 3173
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Darren Timothy on 6 Dec. 1985 for the Ray Hillam military history project. Hughes was from Spanish Fork, Utah, and his father worked for the FBI. Robert Hughes joined the Marine Corps officer's program in 1967 and was sent to serve with the infantry in Vietnam. He later served with motor transportation in Vietnam. He was in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969 and went on many search-and-destroy missions. Hughes told about hardships in being away from home. ...
Dates:
1985 December 6
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections