No. 15 Kenneth Tolpinrud, 2014

File — Box: 1, Folder: 15

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Scope and Contents

Tolpinrud is a graduate of the University of Utah. He received a draft notice in 1967, joined the Marines, and was accepted into Officers Candidate School. He was shipped to Vietnam in November 1967 to join G Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. He started as the weapons platoon commander, then served as 3rd Platoon commander for seven months. Completed more than a dozen operations, some of which he describes. He was in Vietnam for a total of thirteen months, the final two months of which he was the battalion watch officer. He completed his service in Vietnam and returned home for Christmas 1968. He was thereafter stationed in North Carolina as a range officer and worked in the battalion legal office. The final six months of his three-year enlistment was spent on a Mediterranean training/support cruise.

Interviewer: Vicky Newman

Dates

2014

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