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Rodger Robinson talks about his enlistment in the US Army during the Vietnam War, his training in Rotary Wing Aviation, and his service as a pilot with the Army’s 16th Aviation Group in Vietnam. He remembers being stationed with an assault helicopter company in LZ Sally, where he lived in a tent with seven other men. He recalls what life was like during his year in Vietnam, and tells stories of his company’s rescue missions. He tells the story...
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Paul Scott Ferris talks about his experiences as a member of the US Air Force during the Vietnam War, beginning in 1969. He describes his growing doubt about the war while deployed as a pilot, and his ultimate opposition to the war. He speaks about attending graduate school as a veteran, the help he received from a student veteran’s organization, his companionship with veterans, and his relationship with other students. He discusses his interest...
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Jake Faverman talks about his childhood in Grand Junction, Colorado, and training to become a jockey in Chino, California. He speaks about joining the US Army in 1968 and his medical training. He remembers his service as a combat medic during the Vietnam War with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry, which was assigned to the 11th Brigade. He discusses his view of antiwar protests and conscientious objectors. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County...
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Joe Williams talks about his life just before being drafted into service during the Vietnam War. He addresses his doubts about the purpose of the war, his misgivings about going to Vietnam as part of the US Army’s infantry, and his general disillusionment with the war. He remembers his impressions of the Vietnamese people. He speaks about general aspects of life in the US Army during war time. He remembers being assigned to the 1st Aviation Brigade,...
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Roger Goss talks about his early life and education prior to joining the military. He recounts his application with the Marine Corps based on the assertion that he would be given pilot’s training and a pilot position, but his ultimate assignment to the infantry after basic training. He remembers his advanced infantry training in mortars and other weapons. He speaks about his combat experiences as a member of the Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th...
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Cliff Knesel talks about his upbringing in Staten Island, New York. He recounts his experiences in the Vietnam War with the US Army 5th Special Forces Group and the 173rd Airborne Brigade from 1968 to 1970. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Leonard Lewis recalls his upbringing in Gateway, Colorado. He remembers being drafted into the US Army, being stationed for nearly one and a half years at Fort Carson, and his eventual transfer to Vietnam in 1968 with replacement troops for the 9th Infantry Division in Ben Hoa. He describes patrolling the countryside with his reconnaissance unit and working as the radio operator to the forward observer. He talks about working with a mortar unit and...
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Chester Crowley, who grew up in Western Colorado, talks about his experiences in the U.S. Army. He remembers the basic training that prepared him for the Korean War, and being assigned as a military intelligence analyst with the US Army’s First Infantry Division during the Vietnam War. He speaks about his contacts with the Vietnamese people, with allied Vietnamese units, and about fighting against the Vietcong. He gives his view of race relations...
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Robert Magel describes his childhood, the unfortunate passing of his father at a young age, and his decision to enlist in the United States Navy, following in his father’s footsteps. He talks about his tour in Europe and his tour in Vietnam, which began in 1969, during the Vietnam War. He speaks about sailing on an LST (Landing Ship Tank), delivering arms and munitions to Army and Navy forces around Vietnam, and about military operations around...
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Don Enselek talks about his early life and schooling in Massachusetts, and about receiving his draft notice for the United States Army shortly after his graduation from college in 1967. He speaks about basic training, infantry training, and flight school, where he trained to become a helicopter pilot. He describes his year of service during the Vietnam War, where he flew for B Troop, 7th Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Unit as a combat pilot and officer...
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Bob Mulford talks about his early life in California and in Palisade, Colorado, his schooling, and his family. He describes his father, a veteran with combat experience in the Phillipines during World War II. He recalls his basic training in the US Army and his training in jump school prior to arriving in Vietnam. He speaks about arriving in Long Binh and his first assignments in 1968, on latrine duty, and then on patrol in Bam Me Thuot. He details...
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Thomas Moore talks about his childhood and education in Columbus, Ohio, and being drafted into the United States Army in 1968. He describes his tour of duty and experiences in Chu Lai, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War, with the 23rd Infantry Americal Division from 1969 to 1970. He recounts drug and alcohol use among American troops during the war. He remembers his difficulty reintegrating into American society when he returned from the war and talks...
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Rod Kolenc talks about his youth in Leadville and Grand Junction, Colorado, and his decision to enter the armed forces shortly after he graduated from high school in 1966. He describes his happy tour of duty as part of the US Army’s 49th Transportation Battalion in Germany, from November 1966 to March 1969. He speaks about his tour in Vietnam during the Vietnam War, when he worked a desk job and then drove convoys carrying military supplies. He...
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Ken Binam talks about his decision to enlist in the US Navy in 1973, and about his training in San Diego and on Treasure Island. He speaks about perceptions of the Vietnam War among friends and family around the time he enlisted. He recalls his service aboard the U.S.S. Durham, a Landing Ship Dock. He describes the thousands of refugees fleeing the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975, helping refugees board the Durham in Phan Rang and Vung Tau, and...