No. 14 Michael Stever, 2014

File — Box: 1, Folder: 14

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Scope and Contents

Mike Stever enlisted and after basic training camp he qualified for Special Forces. He was sent to Vietnam on the borders of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Stever’s specialties were medic and communications. His jobs were to organize and train the Montagnards and to monitor enemy communications. Stever describes his transition into a battle mentality. He then talks about a writing class for veterans he is taking and some of the post-traumatic stress he has experienced. Stever details some of his missions in Vietnam. He describes deciding to go to college at Weber State in Utah when he returned from the war. Stever then talks about his return, the public opinion about the war during that time, and dealing with post-traumatic stress. Before leaving the Army entirely, though, he served a second tour in Germany flying aerial direction finding. He describes some of his missions with Project Left Bank flying a Huey helicopter.

Interviewer: Lisa Barr

Dates

2014

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