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Oral History

The University of Maine

2023

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Tony Scucci, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 3, Tony Scucci Oct 2023

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 Oct 2023

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 Oct 2023

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 …


Hank Fuller, Interviewed By Craig Day, Part 4, Henry Fuller Oct 2023

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 …


Hank Fuller, Interviewed By Craig Day, Part 2, Henry Fuller Oct 2023

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 Oct 2023

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 Oct 2023

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 …