Vietnam War

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Perrett, Marvin Segment 8
Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe/Africa/Middle East Theater Ribbon] with two...
Taddeo, Al Service After the Blue Angels
Alfred Taddeo joined VF-5 [Annotator's Note: Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5)] Baker which had formerly been VF-17 [Annotator...
Halloran, Walter Service between Wars
Walter Halloran returned to Fort Huachuca in Arizona with his wife and child [Annotator’s Note: this was following his...
Ballew, Thomas Service in Korea and Vietnam
During the Korean War Thomas Ballew served in General MacArthur's Headquarters in Tokyo. He was in personnel [Annotator...
Wilkerson, H. Service in the Film Industry, Korea and Vietnam
At Camp Pendleton, Company H [Annotator's Note: Company H, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment] was assigned to work...
Mayeur, Russell Service in the Louisiana Army National Guard
Russell Mayeur worked for his father-in-law after his discharge from the Merchant Marine following the war. The intent...
Cale, Sterling Service in Vietnam
Sterling Cale fought in Vietnam. He was in Da Nang during the Tet Offensive. Cale had a nice home that was protected by...
Grenny, Guy Shell Shock to PTSD
During World War 2, the term PTSD [Annotator's Note: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder] did not exist, it was called...
Rolfson, Jack Shellshock and Life on the Air Base
Jack Rolfson saw shellshock [Annotator's Note: also known as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD] in some of the...
Bussel, Norman Sobriety and Suicide Prevention
Norman Bussel quit drinking 42 years ago and he still misses a drink. He knew he needed to quit. His wife’s uncle also...
Matsumoto, Roy Stateside Service
Roy H. Matsumoto returned to the United States and served five years in each of two separate locations. He had a good...
Lillibridge, John Stateside Service and Vietnam
After John Lillibridge returned to the United States from Korea in November 1951, he remained in the regular Army, and...
Lauderdale, Dell Stateside Tour then Vietnam and Back
Dell Lauderdale had been to Japan twice and Korea once before his next assignment which was finally back to the United...
Fox, Howard Staying in the Navy and Postwar Service
Howard Fox liked the Navy so much that after his discharge he joined the Navy Reserves. He was called up in 1950 to...
Fagot, Rosemary G. Submarines, Family, a Wedding Dress and Postwar Career
Rosemary Fagot would not go into the u-boat [Annotator's Note: German submarine] because she is claustrophobic. [...
Baum, Irving Taken to Stalag Luft III
Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] left the camp [Annotator's Note: after being interrogated at Dulag...
Purvis, Frank The Atomic Bombs and Reflections
[Annotator's Note: Frank Purvis had served in the Atlantic for nearly the entire war then transferred to the Pacific...
Ream, John The Black Panther Party
John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...
Reilly, Joseph The Catholic Chaplain
Joseph Dean Reilly thinks it is important to have the museum [Annotator's Note: The National WWII Museum in New Orleans...
Saloom, Kaliste The Counter Intelligence Corps and Reflections
Kaliste Saloom and his Counter Intelligence Corps, or CIC, detachment was assigned to Allied headquarters in Algiers...
Parra, Pedro The End of the War and Postwar Service
Pedro Parra was getting ready to get to go to Japan when the bomb [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Winter, William The Last Good War
William Winter recognized during his OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] class how important education was...
Hill, Jennings The War Ends
Jennings Paul Hill, Sr. learned the war had ended by radio. The ships were having a big time and celebrating. The weird...
Kaiser, Raymond Thoughts About the War
The war did not change Raymond Kaiser a bit. He felt like he was doing his job. He was in [Annotator's Note: in the...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Thoughts on Service
Charles Wesley Borders retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 1971. He got to be a Wing Commander...
Bucksell, Norris Thoughts on the War
Norris Bucksell says that Rome, Italy is hard to beat. The war ending was great, but Rome was the best. Even the buses...
Taylor, Amelia Thoughts on the War
The day the war was over is the most memorable for Amelia Taylor. She wanted to serve because her brothers were serving...
Lawrence, Paul Thoughts on the War
When Paul Lawrence arrived in New Guinea, the fighting had gone further up the coast. They did see some Bettys [...
Angst, Lawrence Thoughts on War
As a medic, Lawrence Angst saw a lot. Grave Registration used to get to him. They would come along with trucks and fill...
Colburn, George Thoughts on War
Being in a hole with Jimmy Grimes when he got shot through the head, and Harrington got his belly split open stands out...
Hopkins, Ralph Thoughts on World War Two
Ralph Hopkins felt people thought that World War 1 was the war to end all wars. Yet, there will always be someone like...
Muller, Henry Tokyo Rose
2 September 1945 was the official surrender on the USS Missouri. Muller had gone over to watch the Japanese go aboard...
Doss, Arles Training Reflections
There was a Czechoslovakian man who could not pronounce Arles J. Doss's name. During basic training, a man would play...
Kelso, Robert Two Tours in Vietnam
Robert Kelso went to Vietnam as an advisor but was called to Saigon to run the Armed Forces Radio when it was learned...
Clancey, Michael Unpopularity of the Vietnam War
Michael Clancey felt anger about the ambushes carried out on American convoys [Annotator's Note: in Vietnam during the...
Bale, Edward Vietnam
Edward Bale was G4 of the 1st Marine Division and then Chief of Staff of that Division during the Vietnam War. As the...

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