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Barbara Beal, Interviewed By Laura Wheaton, Part 1, Barbara Beal

MF144 Women in the Military

Barbara Beal, interviewed by Laura Wheaton, November 14, 2001, in her home in Ellsworth, Maine. Beal talks about joining the Army Nurses Corps in 1970; being stationed in Hawaii; being sent to Vietnam where she served until 1972; her rank of Lieutenant. Text: 15 pp. transcript. Time: 01:06:45.

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Barbara Beal, Interviewed By Laura Wheaton, Part 2, Barbara Beal

MF144 Women in the Military

Barbara Beal, interviewed by Laura Wheaton, November 14, 2001, in her home in Ellsworth, Maine. Beal talks about joining the Army Nurses Corps in 1970; being stationed in Hawaii; being sent to Vietnam where she served until 1972; her rank of Lieutenant. Text: 15 pp. transcript. Time: 01:06:45.

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Tony Scucci, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 3, Tony Scucci

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Tony Scucci, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier on July 1, 1999, at Mt. Vernon, Maine. Scucci discusses his early life in school and attending trade school where he studied auto mechanics for four years, graduating in 1966; being drafted into the Army in 1968; believing he would serve as a mechanic but being assigned to the infantry after completing his training. He explains his experience training at Fort Polk, Louisiana; using kerosene-filled tin cans to prevent cockroaches from crawling up the legs of the beds; the phases of belief he experienced leading up to his deployment; being assigned to the 9th …

Tony Scucci, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 2, Tony Scucci

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Tony Scucci, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier on July 1, 1999, at Mt. Vernon, Maine. Scucci discusses his early life in school and attending trade school where he studied auto mechanics for four years, graduating in 1966; being drafted into the Army in 1968; believing he would serve as a mechanic but being assigned to the infantry after completing his training. He explains his experience training at Fort Polk, Louisiana; using kerosene-filled tin cans to prevent cockroaches from crawling up the legs of the beds; the phases of belief he experienced leading up to his deployment; being assigned to the 9th …

Tony Scucci, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 1, Tony Scucci

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Tony Scucci, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier on July 1, 1999, at Mt. Vernon, Maine. Scucci discusses his early life in school and attending trade school where he studied auto mechanics for four years, graduating in 1966; being drafted into the Army in 1968; believing he would serve as a mechanic but being assigned to the infantry after completing his training. He explains his experience training at Fort Polk, Louisiana; using kerosene-filled tin cans to prevent cockroaches from crawling up the legs of the beds; the phases of belief he experienced leading up to his deployment; being assigned to the 9th …

Dick Cross, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Richard T. Cross

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Capt. Richard T. “Dick” Cross, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. on June 30, 1999, at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. Cross discusses dropping out of college in 1965 and being drafted the following year; having no concerns about being drafted or deployment to Vietnam; volunteering for Officer Candidate School in 1967; being accepted to computer repair school but turning down the opportunity to “be a grunt” then volunteering for flight training because it paid $110 more per month; and training to become a helicopter pilot. Cross tells of arriving in Vietnam in September 1968, post Tet; …

Dick Cross, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Richard T. Cross

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Capt. Richard T. “Dick” Cross, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. on June 30, 1999, at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. Cross discusses dropping out of college in 1965 and being drafted the following year; having no concerns about being drafted or deployment to Vietnam; volunteering for Officer Candidate School in 1967; being accepted to computer repair school but turning down the opportunity to “be a grunt” then volunteering for flight training because it paid $110 more per month; and training to become a helicopter pilot. Cross tells of arriving in Vietnam in September 1968, post Tet; …

Dick Cross, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Richard T. Cross

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Capt. Richard T. “Dick” Cross, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. on June 30, 1999, at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine. Cross discusses dropping out of college in 1965 and being drafted the following year; having no concerns about being drafted or deployment to Vietnam; volunteering for Officer Candidate School in 1967; being accepted to computer repair school but turning down the opportunity to “be a grunt” then volunteering for flight training because it paid $110 more per month; and training to become a helicopter pilot. Cross tells of arriving in Vietnam in September 1968, post Tet; …

Warren S. Smith, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Warren S. Smith

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Warren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Norridgewock, Maine, June 26, 1999. Smith briefly reviews his background as the son of an American World War II Veteran and English war bride, growing up in Skowhegan, Maine, knowing around age 13 that he would be entering the military after high school graduation, and enlisting in October 1962. Smith explains he attended flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama and had to go to the library too look up where Vietnam was located when he received his orders. He talks about being assigned to the 611th Transport Company in Vung Tao, …

Warren S. Smith, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Warren S. Smith

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Warren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Norridgewock, Maine, June 26, 1999. Smith briefly reviews his background as the son of an American World War II Veteran and English war bride, growing up in Skowhegan, Maine, knowing around age 13 that he would be entering the military after high school graduation, and enlisting in October 1962. Smith explains he attended flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama and had to go to the library too look up where Vietnam was located when he received his orders. He talks about being assigned to the 611th Transport Company in Vung Tao, …

Warren S. Smith, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Warren S. Smith

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Warren S. Smith, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Norridgewock, Maine, June 26, 1999. Smith briefly reviews his background as the son of an American World War II Veteran and English war bride, growing up in Skowhegan, Maine, knowing around age 13 that he would be entering the military after high school graduation, and enlisting in October 1962. Smith explains he attended flight school at Fort Rucker, Alabama and had to go to the library too look up where Vietnam was located when he received his orders. He talks about being assigned to the 611th Transport Company in Vung Tao, …

Christos Gianopoulos, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 3, Christos J. Gianopoulos

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Christos Gianopoulos, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine, July 6, 1999. Gianopoulos speaks about his early life growing up in Sanford, Maine, enrolling in the ROTC in college, enlisting in 1964 knowing nothing about Vietnam, going to Fort Benning for training as an infantry officer and being assigned to be an instructor, his views of military service, and the general public perception of the military during Vietnam. Gianopoulos talks about working for the Agency for International Development and his view of the war and politics of the 1960s. Text: 39 pp. transcript. Time: 01:58:10.

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Christos Gianopoulos, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 2, Christos J. Gianopoulos

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Christos Gianopoulos, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine, July 6, 1999. Gianopoulos speaks about his early life growing up in Sanford, Maine, enrolling in the ROTC in college, enlisting in 1964 knowing nothing about Vietnam, going to Fort Benning for training as an infantry officer and being assigned to be an instructor, his views of military service, and the general public perception of the military during Vietnam. Gianopoulos talks about working for the Agency for International Development and his view of the war and politics of the 1960s. Text: 39 pp. transcript. Time: 01:58:10.

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Hank Fuller, Interviewed By Craig Day, Part 4, Henry Fuller

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Henry “Hank” Fuller, interviewed by Craig Day at Lisbon Falls, Maine, June 10, 1999. Fuller discusses his youth in Connecticut and moving to Maine, growing up feeling patriotic and anticipating the day he would join the service, feeling “duped by the system” after serving in Vietnam, now questions authority, the divisiveness of the war, attending college for the deferment, graduating and qualifying for a commission in the Marines. He talks about his experience in Basic School, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King while in Basic School, being assigned to the Third Marine Division infantry located in the …

Christos Gianopoulos, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 1, Christos J. Gianopoulos

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Christos Gianopoulos, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine, July 6, 1999. Gianopoulos speaks about his early life growing up in Sanford, Maine, enrolling in the ROTC in college, enlisting in 1964 knowing nothing about Vietnam, going to Fort Benning for training as an infantry officer and being assigned to be an instructor, his views of military service, and the general public perception of the military during Vietnam. Gianopoulos talks about working for the Agency for International Development and his view of the war and politics of the 1960s. Text: 39 pp. transcript. Time: 01:58:10.

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Hank Fuller, Interviewed By Craig Day, Part 2, Henry Fuller

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Henry “Hank” Fuller, interviewed by Craig Day at Lisbon Falls, Maine, June 10, 1999. Fuller discusses his youth in Connecticut and moving to Maine, growing up feeling patriotic and anticipating the day he would join the service, feeling “duped by the system” after serving in Vietnam, now questions authority, the divisiveness of the war, attending college for the deferment, graduating and qualifying for a commission in the Marines. He talks about his experience in Basic School, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King while in Basic School, being assigned to the Third Marine Division infantry located in the …

Hank Fuller, Interviewed By Craig Day, Part 3, Henry Fuller

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Henry “Hank” Fuller, interviewed by Craig Day at Lisbon Falls, Maine, June 10, 1999. Fuller discusses his youth in Connecticut and moving to Maine, growing up feeling patriotic and anticipating the day he would join the service, feeling “duped by the system” after serving in Vietnam, now questions authority, the divisiveness of the war, attending college for the deferment, graduating and qualifying for a commission in the Marines. He talks about his experience in Basic School, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King while in Basic School, being assigned to the Third Marine Division infantry located in the …

Hank Fuller, Interviewed By Craig Day, Part 1, Henry Fuller

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Henry “Hank” Fuller, interviewed by Craig Day at Lisbon Falls, Maine, June 10, 1999. Fuller discusses his youth in Connecticut and moving to Maine, growing up feeling patriotic and anticipating the day he would join the service, feeling “duped by the system” after serving in Vietnam, now questions authority, the divisiveness of the war, attending college for the deferment, graduating and qualifying for a commission in the Marines. He talks about his experience in Basic School, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King while in Basic School, being assigned to the Third Marine Division infantry located in the …

Denis Fortier, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 1, Denis Fortier

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Denis Fortier, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at Lewiston, Maine on July 8, 1999. Fortier discusses his life prior to joining the Air Force after he lost his draft deferment for being an 8th grade English teacher, his experience in basic training, being tapped to teach English in a spring 1969 structured Fortier program for Vietnamese pilots and navigators in Saigon, being disappointed he wasn’t stationed state side or in Europe, being unprepared for the culture shock of arriving in Saigon, spending a year teaching English in Saigon, the Aural-Oral structure of the English language program. He describes his perception of …

Denis Fortier, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 2, Denis Fortier

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Denis Fortier, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at Lewiston, Maine on July 8, 1999. Fortier discusses his life prior to joining the Air Force after he lost his draft deferment for being an 8th grade English teacher, his experience in basic training, being tapped to teach English in a spring 1969 structured Fortier program for Vietnamese pilots and navigators in Saigon, being disappointed he wasn’t stationed state side or in Europe, being unprepared for the culture shock of arriving in Saigon, spending a year teaching English in Saigon, the Aural-Oral structure of the English language program. He describes his perception of …

Dave Elliott, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 3, David Elliott

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Dave Elliott, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at Minot, Maine, June 29, 1999. Elliott discusses being drafted in 1968, the same day as two of his high school classmates, receiving jungle warfare training for the infantry, being assigned to a recon platoon with the America Division, Echo Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade; his first impressions landing in Vietnam, landing Duc Pho village, spending his first night on bunker duty, WWII C-rations and cannibalizing Claymore mines to retrieve material to heat water for instant coffee, going to Vietnam weighing 189 pounds and returning weighing 133 pounds, the lack of …

Dave Elliott, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 2, David Elliott

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Dave Elliott, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at Minot, Maine, June 29, 1999. Elliott discusses being drafted in 1968, the same day as two of his high school classmates, receiving jungle warfare training for the infantry, being assigned to a recon platoon with the America Division, Echo Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade; his first impressions landing in Vietnam, landing Duc Pho village, spending his first night on bunker duty, WWII C-rations and cannibalizing Claymore mines to retrieve material to heat water for instant coffee, going to Vietnam weighing 189 pounds and returning weighing 133 pounds, the lack of …

Leo Bertram Bell, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Leo Bertram Bell

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Leo Bertram Bell, interviewed by Stephen Rees at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine on July 29, 1999. Bell is one of the 28 Vietnam Veterans interviewed as part of the original grant project. Bell, born in Lewiston, Maine, speaks about his early life living in the Home for Boys following his parents' divorce; doing poorly in school; his belief that if he served in the Army, "all these girls would fall over us;" enlisting at age 17; his training; being the youngest in his unit and being stationed in Georgia when his unit was deployed; landing in Vietnam …

Dave Elliott, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 1, David Elliott

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Dave Elliott, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at Minot, Maine, June 29, 1999. Elliott discusses being drafted in 1968, the same day as two of his high school classmates, receiving jungle warfare training for the infantry, being assigned to a recon platoon with the America Division, Echo Company, 4th Battalion, 21st Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade; his first impressions landing in Vietnam, landing Duc Pho village, spending his first night on bunker duty, WWII C-rations and cannibalizing Claymore mines to retrieve material to heat water for instant coffee, going to Vietnam weighing 189 pounds and returning weighing 133 pounds, the lack of …

Leo Bertram Bell, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Leo Bertram Bell

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Leo Bertram Bell, interviewed by Stephen Rees at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine on July 29, 1999. Bell is one of the 28 Vietnam Veterans interviewed as part of the original grant project. Bell, born in Lewiston, Maine, speaks about his early life living in the Home for Boys following his parents' divorce; doing poorly in school; his belief that if he served in the Army, "all these girls would fall over us;" enlisting at age 17; his training; being the youngest in his unit and being stationed in Georgia when his unit was deployed; landing in Vietnam …

Bert Brewster, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Elbert R. Brewster

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Rev. Mr. Elbert R. “Bert” Brewster, interviewed by Stephen Rees in Waterville, Maine, July 7, 1999. Brewster discusses his youth and being born a month following his father's death; his brother who was 16-years older, going into World War II; admiring his brother's service but still attempting to waylay being drafted himself; gimmicks used by young men to escape the draft including gaining weight and reporting while badly hung over in order to appear unhealthy; going into the service with a group of men from around New England; reporting to Fort Dix; becoming ill with pneumonia during basic training; handling …

Leo Bertram Bell, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Leo Bertram Bell

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Leo Bertram Bell, interviewed by Stephen Rees at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine on July 29, 1999. Bell is one of the 28 Vietnam Veterans interviewed as part of the original grant project. Bell, born in Lewiston, Maine, speaks about his early life living in the Home for Boys following his parents' divorce; doing poorly in school; his belief that if he served in the Army, "all these girls would fall over us;" enlisting at age 17; his training; being the youngest in his unit and being stationed in Georgia when his unit was deployed; landing in Vietnam …

Bert Brewster, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Elbert R. Brewster

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Rev. Mr. Elbert R. “Bert” Brewster, interviewed by Stephen Rees in Waterville, Maine, July 7, 1999. Brewster discusses his youth and being born a month following his father's death; his brother who was 16-years older, going into World War II; admiring his brother's service but still attempting to waylay being drafted himself; gimmicks used by young men to escape the draft including gaining weight and reporting while badly hung over in order to appear unhealthy; going into the service with a group of men from around New England; reporting to Fort Dix; becoming ill with pneumonia during basic training; handling …

Roger Hamann, Interviewed By John Springer, Part 1, Roger Hamann

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Roger Hamann, interviewed by John Springer at Hamman's home in Greene, Maine, June 24, 1999. Hamann discusses his family’s views of the military when he was growing up in Lewiston, volunteering for the Air Force when it became clear he would likely be drafted, learning that he was to be deployed because he could speak French, survival, and POW training, meeting other Mainers at Hau Bon Royal Thai Air Force Base, and his experiences being stationed in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Text: 40 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 01:44:59

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Roger Hamann, Interviewed By John Springer, Part 2, Roger Hamann

MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Roger Hamann, interviewed by John Springer at Hamman's home in Greene, Maine, June 24, 1999. Hamann discusses his family’s views of the military when he was growing up in Lewiston, volunteering for the Air Force when it became clear he would likely be drafted, learning that he was to be deployed because he could speak French, survival, and POW training, meeting other Mainers at Hau Bon Royal Thai Air Force Base, and his experiences being stationed in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Text: 40 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 01:44:59

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