| Title: |
Robert Wilkes
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| Local code: |
OH0053
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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: |
Dr. Robert Wilkes served in the Air Commando Wing, Special Air Warfare and arrived in Vietnam on Christmas Day, 1967. He was stationed in Saigon where served as an Executive Officer of the 1st Air Commando Wing. After two months he was transferred to the base command post on Ton Son Nhut Air Base. Wilkes discusses government policies in Vietnam, his contact with the Vietnamese and his feelings toward the war. Wilkes also examines the anti-war movement and returning to the United States with special emphasis on how he was treated. OH0053 - part of the Robert Wilkes Collection
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Wilkes, Robert
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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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: |
OHI0025468-27313
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