Veterans -- United States
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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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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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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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Ira Caley talks about growing up on a farm near Grants Pass, Oregon and in the town of Springfield, Oregon. He speaks about the difficulty of his home life and joining the Marines at the age of seventeen. He recalls basic training, early rumblings about the Vietnam War in 1963, being assigned to the 1st Batallion, 11th Marines, training for jungle warfare in the Philippines, and landing in Vietnam as part of an invasion force in October 1965. He describes...
