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No. 10 Daniel Andrew Campos, 2005
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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Daniel Campos joined the military after a California judge gave him an ultimatum of serving in the military or going to juvenile prison. He joined the Army as a cook in 1962. Although Campos got in a fight his first night at basic training, he eventually graduated number two in his class. He was asked to go into the Airborne, then Ranger School, then Pathfinder School, and then, at seventeen and a half, he was invited to try out for Special Forces Group. Campos was sent to Vietnam in November,...
Dates:
2005
No. 11 Kimel Fisher, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Kimel Fisher was born and raised in Salt Lake City. After high school, Kimel attended the University of Utah for a year and was then called on an LDS mission to northern Germany. Very soon after returning home from Germany, Kimel was drafted. In order to go to school earlier, he decided to enlist so he could finish his two years active duty sooner. Kimel reported to Fort Ord, California for basic training. After basic training Kimel was assigned to advanced infantry training and then...
Dates:
2014
No. 12 James E. Slade, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
James Slade talks about his early life in Colorado and Utah. Shortly after Mr. Slade returned from an LDS mission in England he was drafted and sent to Vietnam. Slade went to Fort Ord in California for basic training. After Fort Ord, he was sent to Fort Gordon in Georgia where he trained to be an infantryman. Slade then went to parachute jump school in Fort Benning in Georgia. He was then sent to Vietnam. Slade describes arriving in Vietnam and joining the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol. He...
Dates:
2014
No. 13 David “Larry” Steed, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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Over two interviews, Larry Steed describes his perspective of the Vietnam War as three different wars. Steed describes the risks to fighter pilots in different geographical regions of the war. He then talks about his childhood, his interest in World War II, and his early fascination with aviation. In college, Steed joined the military and was sent to a training camp in the Bay Area of California and then to pilot training in Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. After Lackland, he went to...
Dates:
2014
No. 14 Michael Stever, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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...
Dates:
2014
No. 15 Kenneth Tolpinrud, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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...
Dates:
2014
No. 16 Phuong Van Dam and Thu Nguyen, 2015
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Phuong Van Dam and Thu Nguyen discuss their experiences in Vietnam during and after the war. Thu Nguyen talks about his military service, his escape from a POW camp, and describes piloting an escape boat away from Vietnam. Phuong Van Dam was a pilot in the South Vietnamese air force and he tells his story of flying out of Vietnam after the fall of Saigon. Both Phuong and Thu talk about transitioning from Vietnam to America and adjusting to American culture.
Interviewer: Vicky Newman
Interviewer: Vicky Newman
Dates:
2015
No. 17 Larry Weist, 2014
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Larry Weist was born in Pomona, California and talks about his life over two interviews. He served an LDS mission to Canada from 1964-1966. He was drafted in the army eight months after returning from his mission. He took basic training in 1967 at Fort Bliss, Texas, and received additional training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He was shipped to Vietnam, where he joined the 25th Infantry Division. He describes his activities there. Weist served as a radio operator and was injured twice during...
Dates:
2014