Fifty years after the fact, the Vietnam War remains part of our collective national consciousness. For the veterans who served during this era, this conflict has particular meaning. Each of these veterans experienced the war in a unique, individual way; no two stories are the same. As veteran Tom Hagel has explained, “When we think of wars – whether it’s Vietnam or any other war – we think of it as a unitary subject … but there are millions of Vietnam Wars.”
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War, the Veterans History Project will be highlighting a series of collections from this era. They are but a few of the “millions of Vietnam Wars” embodied by the stories of Vietnam veterans. These interviews represent a wide variety of branches, service locations, and military roles; collectively, they illuminate the dramatic—and ongoing—effects of the war on those who participated. [ read news release]
Nan Borg
Army Nurse Corps
Vietnam War
Audio Interview, Official Documents, Articles |
Curtis R. Bowers
Army
Vietnam War
Video Interview |
Frances Buckley
Navy Nurse Corps
Vietnam War
Audio Interview |
Allan R. Carpenter
Army
Vietnam War
Audio Interview |
Walter James Dexter
Army
Vietnam War
Video Interview, Photos |
George E. Dunn
Army
Vietnam War
Audio Interview |
Carl Les Fordahl
Army
Vietnam War
Video & Audio Interviews, Photos, Drawings |
Victor J. Ivers
Navy
Vietnam War
Audio Interview |
Larry Michael Jordan
Navy
Vietnam War
Photos, Creative Works, Memoir, Correspondence, Official Documents |
Roger Lee Knight
Army
Vietnam War
Photos, Memoir |
Dennis Keith Martin
Army
Vietnam War
Photo, Correspondence |
Richard Earl Pierson
Air Force
Vietnam War
Photo, Memoirs, Diaries |
Lawrence Saenz, Jr.
Army
Vietnam War
Video Interview |
Tedosio Louis Samora
Army
Vietnam War
Video Interview |
Vincent Simonelli
Army
Vietnam War
Photos, Correspondence, Official Documents |
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