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Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Roy Zarucchi
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Roy Zarucchi
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and "cannon fodder," his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned …
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Roy Zarucchi
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Roy Zarucchi
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and "cannon fodder," his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned …
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Roy Zarucchi
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Roy Zarucchi
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and "cannon fodder," his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned …