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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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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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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...
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Roger Williams recalls his early life in Castle Rock, Colorado, his enlistment in the US Marines, basic training, and entering the Vietnam War as a gun mechanic in a machinist unit in An Hoa (Quang Tri Province) in 1969. He describes the lack of equipment and tools that left his unit, District Support Unit I, with little to do but remain on standby. He gives him impressions of Vietnam and the Vietnamese people. He remembers racial tension that existed...
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Gary Lake talks about his upbringing in Grand Junction, Colorado, his initial enlistment in the US Marine Corps, and his ultimate service in the US Army after he was drafted. He recalls his arrival in Vietnam in 1967 with the 1st Infantry Division, attached to the 3rd Marines. He expresses discontent with his role in the Vietnam War, and with the role of his country. He gives him impressions of the country of Vietnam, the people, and of enemy forces....
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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...