| Title: |
Allen Trott
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| Local code: |
OH0272
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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: |
(USAF) Allen L. (Buck) Trott, Jr., originally from Washington, DC, served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 until 1980 and retired a Colonel. Buck served briefly in the U.S. Coast Guard before completing his B.A. at the University of Maryland. After graduation, he joined the Air Force in 1953 and was stationed at various places around the United States and Europe, including a number of years in Strategic Air Command as a B-47 pilot and a two year tour at the Pentagon where he worked with the SR-71 project. Buck went to Vietnam in December 1968 as a KC-123 pilot in Operation RANCH HAND with the 12th Special Operations Squadron stationed at Bien Hoa. He also worked as a Targeting Officer and Operations Officer. By the time he left in December 1969, Buck had flown 235 combat defoliation missions. OH0272 - part of the Allen Trott, Jr. Collection
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Trott, Allen
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker place of birth: |
District of Columbia; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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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: |
OHI0025452-27297
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