Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
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
Pat Watkins interview
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330455]
Identifier: MSS SC 3160
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Criss James on 10 Feb. 1985 for the Ray Hillim project. Watkins was at boot camp in San Diego, California, in 1957 and was assigned to Camp Pendleton, California. He was involved in many athletic activities while in the Marine Corps. Apparently, he joined the United States Army and was with the airborn troops in the Dominican Republic in 1965. He later was a Green Beret with the Army special forces. Watkins was in a top secret unit funded by the...
Dates:
1985 February 10; 1985 February 10
Albert Winkler interviews with James L. Gardner
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2783
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of interviews conducted by Albert Winkler of Special Collections of Brigham Young University on 15 and 23 March, 7 April, and 21 July 2000. Gardner often went by the name "Face" which is the name that appears on the transcripts of the interviews. He tells about his experiences in Vietnam and Laos during the Vietnam War and his excursion into China. Gardner talks about the foolishness and brutality of war and also tells about how the experience impacted on him. Also included...
Dates:
2000