| Title: |
Don Halsey
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| Local code: |
OH0038
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Texas Tech University. Vietnam Archive
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| Collection: |
Vietnam Archive Oral History Project
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| Description: |
USA) Don Halsey enlisted in the United States Army in April 1970 and spent the next year in Vietnam. He served in counter intelligence and participated in the Phoenix Program, a program intent on eliminating the Viet Cong political apparatus. Halsey describes the general living conditions, his duties, Vietnamese intelligence, his observations on both Australian and South Vietnamese soldiers, the drug problem, medical facilities, landmines, and race relations. He also discusses the problems with snakes, R&R and his relations with the South Vietnamese people. Finally, Halsey examines the effects of the anti-war movement on the soldier's morale and the adjustment of returning home after the conflict. OH0038 - part of the Don Halsey Collection
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| Extent: |
17 pages
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| URL: |
http://star.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?eGgWMJj.guHJSAgtYdEQ6CZakO.ds8WYUbaRHdimf7sNxgmuug@ObjqMSfkcrY04FVphxTrQS7TauK5eC76.4Ure6w8EVjbx/OH0038.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1990 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Halsey, Don
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Intelligence officer; Military personnel
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| Document date: |
09-Apr-1990
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| Interviewer: |
Whiting, Edwin
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| Historical events discussed: |
Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; North America; United States; Vietnam
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Military camps--Vietnam; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Armed Forces; United States--Military history; Vietnam; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Atrocities; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025311-27161
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