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Christopher “Chris” M. Beam, Interviewed By Doug Rawlings, Christopher M. Beam
Christopher “Chris” M. Beam, Interviewed By Doug Rawlings, Christopher M. Beam
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Christopher “Chris” M. Beam, interviewed by Doug Rawlings, August 29, 2000. Beam reviews his early life, attending Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, being invested in the “domino effect,” being disturbed about his fellow students seeking a way out of service, his gendered perspective of serving in the military, enlisting with the U.S. Marines feeling it was a prestigious branch of the military, feeling it was his patriotic duty to serve, signing up for three years of active duty and three year in an active reserve, his mother’s opposition to him entering the military, experiencing a change in heart as his …