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