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Document Details
| Title: | Michael Sweeney |
| Local code: | OH0239 |
| Document type: | Oral history |
| Accessibility: | Free Only |
| Repository: | Texas Tech University. Vietnam Archive |
| Collection: | Vietnam Archive Oral History Project |
| Series: | Item 2 of Series Michael Sweeney |
| Description: | (USMC) Michael L. Sweeney, originally from Denison, Texas, served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1960 until 1980. Mike served in Vietnam from 1965 until 1969. From 1965 to1966, and again in 1967 after completing the Amphibious Warfare School at Quantico, Virginia, he was the Commanding Officer, Marine Detachment, USS Hancock. In the spring and summer of 1968, he was CO, K Co., 3d Battalion, 7th Marines. In the summer and fall of 1968, he was Aide to the Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, and in the winter and spring of 1969, he was Operations Officer, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines. Mike took part in a number of operations while in-country, including JASPER SQUARE, ALLEN BROOKE, and MEADE RIVER. He retired from the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1980. OH0239 - part of the Michael Sweeney Collection |
| Extent: | 32 pages |
| URL: | http://star.vietnam.ttu.edu/cgi-bin/starfetch.exe?ats8Avd3bWD9AL56GN1kdZJOEuzdRBerlFjTnk2WWhOjBCxlWO8y45CH8rIFn0i1MWQ0DWY1TPYctHzqY3YhG2LHUEvGoYoRtOXiEGsJXV8/OH0239-2.pdf |
| Original Language: | English |
| Audio: | [Audio available] |
| Time span: | Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview) |
| Speaker: | Sweeney, Michael |
| Speaker gender: | Male |
| Speaker occupation: | Military personnel |
| Document date: | 19-Nov-2002 |
| Interviewer: | Verrone, Richard Burks |
| Historical events discussed: | Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975 |
| Locations discussed: | Asia; North America; United States; Vietnam |
| 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 |
| ASP release: | 2005-06 |
| Document code: | OHI0025441-27286 |