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- Interview with Charles Galbach
- Item #: OH0627
- Length: 05:16:33 hr/min/sec
- Charles Galbach served as a Forward Air Controller (FAC) with the 20th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS) at Danang, South Vietnam from May 1967 to May 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with COL. Christopher Gallavan
- Item #: OH1128
- Christopher G. Gallavan Collection
- In this interview, Chris Gallavan discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Gallavan served as a Cobra helicopter pilot with H Troop, 17th Air Cavalry Squadron, January to March 1973. (open complete record)
- Interview with Joseph L. Galloway
- Item #: OH0454
- Length: 40:02 hr/min/sec
- Interview conducted by Richard B. Verrone, Ph.D. (open complete record)
- Interview with Richard Gamez
- Item #: OH0185
- (open complete record)
- Interview with Robert Garcia
- Item #: OH0755
- Length: 04:43:35 hr/min/sec
- Robert Garcia discusses his experiences as a squad leader and tunnel rat in Vietnam. (open complete record)
- Interview with Robert Beau Garcia
- Item #: OH0153
- Length: 02:44:13 hr/min/sec
- (USA) Beau Garcia served with the United States Army in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971. He served as an Army riverboat crewman and .50 caliber machine gunner on Boat YFU-81, with the 329th Transportation Company (HvBt), 5th Transportation Command. He participated in various missions to include ammunition... (open complete record)
- Interview with Norman Gardner
- Item #: OH0028
- Length: 02:06:00 hr/min/sec
- (USA, CIA) Norm Gardner served with the 5th Special Forces Group near Nha Trang, Republic of Vietnam, from 1965 to 1966. He then went to work for the Central Intelligence Agency and served in Laos. Interview conducted by Stephen Maxner. (open complete record)
- Interview with Mike Garemko
- Item #: OH0798
- Length: 08:09:44 hr/min/sec
- Mike Garemko discusses his experiences in Vietnam while serving with the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion Aerial Reconnaissance Support (1st MIBARS), Detachment B in DaNang. Garemko served with 1st MIBARS in Vietnam 1969-1970, and later became an active member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. (open complete record)
- Interview with Paul Garrett
- Item #: OH0988
- Paul Garrett discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps. Garrett served with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, from February 1968 to March 1969, notably particpating in the Battle of Dai Do in April-May 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Lester Garringer
- Item #: OH1125
- Les Garringer discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Garringer served as a clerk-typist, administrative specialist, and administrative supervisor with CORDS in Long Binh, December 1967 to December 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Paul Garrity
- Item #: OH0140
- Paul Garrity Collection
- Length: 01:03:01 hr/min/sec
- (open complete record)
- Interview with Gloria Glover Gates
- Item #: OH0915
- Length: 02:39:10 hr/min/sec
- In this interview Gloria Glover Gates discusses her experiences as a Red Cross volunteer/Donut Dolly in Korea and in Vietnam. Gates served in Korea in 1967 and volulnteered for service in Vietnam in 1968, including during the Tet Offensive of 1968. She was stationed at Bearcat and Nha Trang. (open complete record)
- Interview with Francis Gawell
- Item #: OH0671
- Length: 03:11:41 hr/min/sec
- In this interview Francis Gawell describes his experiences as a navigator in the Air Force from 1959 until 1979. During the Vietnam War, Gawell was a C-130 navigator with the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing. (open complete record)
- Interview with Vernon Wayne Gee
- Item #: OH0857
- Wayne Gee discusses his experiences in Southeast Asia with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1965. (open complete record)
- Interview with Bruce Geiger
- Item #: OH1124
- Bruce Geiger Collection (National Dusters, Quads & Searchlights Association)
- Bruce Geiger discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Geiger served as a platoon leader with A and B Batteries with the 1st Battalion, 44th Artillery, specifically with quad-50s and Dusters in I Corps (including Khe Sanh), from October 1967 to September 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Roy Charles Gentry
- Item #: OH0549
- Mr. Roy Charles Gentry Collection
- Length: 6:17:07 hr/min/sec
- In this interview, Charles Gentry discusses his tour in Vietnam as a helicopter gunship pilot with the 1st Cavalry Division in 1965. Gentry was shot down in December 1965, suffering severe injuries that resulted in his evacuation to and physical rehabilitation in the U.S. (open complete record)
- Interview with Ed George
- Item #: OH0020
- Interview conducted by Sabrina Frizzell. (open complete record)
- Interview with George Thatcher
- Item #: OH0196
- George R. Thatcher Collection
- Length: 1:52:14 hr/min/sec
- (USAF) Dr. George Thatcher was drated into the Air Force in 1951. In 1957 he entered OCS to go through pilot training and graduated in 1960. Dr. Thatcher became a B-52 pilot and from 1965 to 1966 he flew Arc Light missions out of Guam and into Vietnam. In 1969 Dr. Thatcher returned to Takhli Royal... (open complete record)
- Interview with Paul Giannone
- Item #: OH1021
- Paul Giannone discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Giannone served two tours in-country, both with the 29th Civil Affairs Company, April 1969-May 1971, serving as a public health advisor working in medical construction and refugee work. (open complete record)
- Interview with Lawrence C. Gibbs
- Item #: OH1391
- Lawrence C. Gibbs Collection
- Lawrence C. Gibbs discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps. Gibbs served in data processing with Support Wing 17, 1st Marine Air Wing, from April 1967 to May 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Larry Gibbs
- Item #: OH1065
- Larry Gibbs discusses his experiences as a Navy corpsman in Vietnam, May 1967 to January 1968. Gibbs served as a corpsman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. (open complete record)
- Interview with Calvin Glen Gilbertson
- Item #: OH0491
- Length: 27:16 hr/min/sec
- Interview conducted by Philip F. Napoli, Ph.D. (open complete record)
- Interview with James Giles, III
- Item #: OH1440
- James Giles III Collection
- James Giles, III, discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. Giles served as engineering officer aboard USS Rainier (AE-5), USS Luzerne County (LST-902), USS Stone County (LST-1141), and the USS Page County (LST-1076) from 1968 to 1970. (open complete record)
- Interview with William Giles
- Item #: OH0432
- Mr. William S. Giles II Collection
- Length: 1:40:10 hr/min/sec
- USA - William 'Bill' Giles was born in Chicago IL and attended school there, graduating from St. Elizabeth's High School in 1960. He earned an undergraduate degree in 1964 and was studying pharmacy at the University of Illinois when he was drafted. He entered the Army in 1967, was trained as a medic... (open complete record)
- Interview with Joe Gilligan
- Item #: OH0002
- Length: 00:44:33 hr/min/sec
- (open complete record)
- Interview with Patrick J. Gillis
- Item #: OH1369
- Patrick J. Gillis Collection
- Patrick Gillis discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Gillis served as radio operator in the tactical operations center with MACV team 56 in Can Tho from January through December 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Larry M. Gilreath
- Item #: OH0483
- Length: 40:32 hr/min/sec
- Interview conducted by Richard B. Verrone, Ph.D. (open complete record)
- Interview with John Givhan
- Item #: OH0059
- John Givhan Collection
- Length: 02:36:05 hr/min/sec
- (USA) John Givhan served as a helicopter pilot with the United States Army in Vietnam from 1963 to 1964. He served with the 120th Aviation Company in Saigon. (open complete record)
- Interview with Jerome (Jerry) S. Gladysz
- Item #: OH0792
- Jerry S. Gladysz Collection
- Length: 04:08:37 hr/min/sec
- Jerry Gladysz discusses his experiences as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Gladysz served with A Company, 229th Aviation Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1966-1967. (open complete record)
- Interview with Brian Glaspell
- Item #: OH0682
- Length: 04:04:27 hr/min/sec
- Brian Glaspell discusses his experiences as a U-H1 helicopter pilot with the 170th Aviation Company, 52nd Aviation Battalion from July-November 1966. Glaspell also served with the 1st/10th Cavalry, D-Troop, supporting the 4th and 25th U.S. Army Divisions from November 1966-July 1967. He also became ... (open complete record)
- Interview with Kenneth Glassman
- Item #: OH0980
- Kenneth Glassman discusses his experiences in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Air Force. Glassman served with the 3rd Air Police Squadron, Bien Hoa, November 1965-November 1966, and returned for a second tour with the 37th Security Police Squadron, Phu Cat, March 1967-March 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Ray Gleason
- Item #: OH1106
- Ray Gleason Collection
- Ray Gleason discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Gleason served with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, and later with K Company, 75th Rangers as a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol team leader, June 1968 to December 1969. (open complete record)
- Interview with Tony Gleaton
- Item #: OH0377
- Tony Gleaton Collection
- Length: 3:24:53 hr/min/sec
- (USMC) Tony Gleaton, originally from Detroit, Michigan, served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 until 1970. While based at Camp Hansen in Okinawa before deploying to South Vietnam, Tony volunteered to go to Khe Sanh in the middle of the siege. Upon exiting the aircraft upon landing, he was woun... (open complete record)
- Interview with Richard Godbehere
- Item #: OH1212
- Richard Godbehere Collection
- Lieutenant Commander Richard Godbehere (U.S. Navy, ret.) discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. Godbehere served with Taksforce 115 (Market Time) 1965-1966, and returned to serve as a patrol officer with River Section 511, Taskforce 116 (Gamewardens) from August 1967 to March 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Lt.Col. Charles Goddard
- Item #: OH1283
- Lt. Col. Charles Goddard discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps. Goddard served as senior air director of MASS-3 Detachment and was in charge of the direct air support center during the seige of Khe Sanh. (open complete record)
- Interview with Thomas Goff
- Item #: OH0828
- Thomas Goff Collection
- Length: 05:04:41 hr/min/sec
- Thomas Goff discusses his experiences in Vietnam, 1969-1970. Goff served as a tank platoon commander, as well as an infantry platoon commander with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. (open complete record)
- Interview with Marty Goldrick
- Item #: OH1236
- Length: 02:16:52 hr/min/sec
- Marty Goldrick discusses his experiences in Vietnam as a Marine officer with the with the 1st Marine Division in 1969-1970 south of Da Nang. (open complete record)
- Interview with Howard Goldstein
- Item #: OH1009
- Howard Goldstein discusses his experiences with the U.S. Army in Vietnam, August 1968-August 1969. Goldstein served as a medic with the 311th Field Hospital at Qui Nhon/Phu Tai, and then with the 210th Dispensary at Pleiku. (open complete record)
- Interview with Jerry Goller
- Item #: OH0740
- Length: 05:21:51 hr/min/sec
- Jerry Goller discusses his experiences in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam, 1966-1968. Goller served as an infantryman with Kilo Company, 3/3 Marines, and later served in Combined Action Platoons Poppa 5 and Romeo 5 and 6. Goller also participated in the Battle for Cam Lo during the Tet Offensive of... (open complete record)
- Interview with Col. Charles Goode
- Item #: OH0993
- Charles J. Goode Collection
- Col. Charles Goode (USMC, ret.) discusses his two tours of duty in Vietnam. Goode served as an aerial observer supporting the 4th Marines from August 1966 to June 1967, and returned for a tour as an advisor to the Repubic of Vietnam Marine Corps, 1971-1972, notably participating in the defense of I ... (open complete record)
- Interview with Anthony Goodrich
- Item #: OH0131
- Anthony J. Goodrich Collection
- Length: 4:37:31 hr/min/sec
- (USMC) (open complete record)
- Interview with Edward Gormley
- Item #: OH0718
- Length: 02:49:59 hr/min/sec
- Edward Gormley discusses his experiences as a life support specialist with the 12th Air Commando Squadron (12th Special Operations Squadron) in Bien Hoa from May 1968 to May 1969. (open complete record)
- Interview with Dr. Lori Goss-Reaves
- Item #: OH1234
- Length: 02:49:29 hr/min/sec
- Dr. Lori Goss-Reaves, a Gold Star daughter, discusses her experiences as the daughter of Larry Jo Goss, who served as a U.S. Navy corpsman and was killed in action supporting a Marine unit in 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Stanely Grabia
- Item #: OH1241
- Length: 03:50:04 hr/min/sec
- Mr. Grabia discusses his service in Vietnam as a transportation officer with the 39th Transportation Battalion in 1970-1971 and his involvement with Lam Son 719. (open complete record)
- Interview with Seldon Graham
- Item #: OH0348
- Length: 1:39:36 hr/min/sec
- (USA) Seldon Graham was born in Franklin TX in 1926 and was drafted in 1944. He completed Basic Training at Camp Wolters TX and Officer Candidate School at Ft Benning GA. He served as an infantry officer in Korea 1946-47 and entered the US Military Academy at West Point in 1947, graduating in 1951... (open complete record)
- Interview with John Graham
- Item #: OH1237
- John Graham Collection
- Length: 07:20:43 hr/min/sec
- John Graham discusses his experiences in Vietnam as a civilian employee of CORDS. Graham served in Hue 1970 to 1971. (open complete record)
- Interview with Joseph Granducci
- Item #: OH0307
- Length: 2:37:18 hr/min/sec
- (USAF) (open complete record)
- Interview with Thomas Gray
- Item #: OH1191
- Thomas Gray discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Gray served as a combat demolitions specialist and infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, July 1967 to July 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Thomas Green
- Item #: OH0187
- Thomas Green Collection
- Length: 1:47:52 hr/min/sec
- In this interview Thomas Green describes his experiences as a crew chief with the 2nd Battalion of the 17th Air Cavalry. (open complete record)
- Interview with Herbert Green
- Item #: OH0103
- Length: 2:42:23 hr/min/sec
- (USA) Herbert Green served as a Staff Judge Advocate (attorney) with the United States Army in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Judge Green served as both trial and defense counsel at the OSJA in II Field Force, Vietnam. (open complete record)
- Interview with Jim B. Green
- Item #: OH0704
- Jim B. Green Collection
- Length: 04:06:34 hr/min/sec
- Jim Green discusses his experiences as a platoon leader with the 2nd/327th of the 101st Airborne Division. Green served with the 101st in the defense of Hue in 1971, and later served as liaison officer with the 1st ARVN Division. He completed his tour in 1972 as a staff officer in Saigon. (open complete record)
- Interview with Stephen Greene
- Item #: OH1138
- Stephen Greene discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Greene served as a helicopter pilot with the Casper Aviation Platoon of the 173rd Airborne Brigade from February 1967 to February 1968. (open complete record)
- Interview with Vern Greunke
- Item #: OH0287
- Vern Greunke Collection
- Length: 02:35:24 hr/min/sec
- (USA) Vern W. Greunke, originally from Fremont, Nebraska served in the U.S. Army from 1965 until 1969. He went to South Vietnam in August 1966 as a member of the Army Security Agency and was stationed at Pleiku with the 330th Radio Research Company (RRC). Vern spent most of his tour near Cu Chi TD... (open complete record)
- Interview with Gehard Grieb
- Item #: OH0644
- Length: 08:00:50 hr/min/sec
- Gerhard Grieb discusses his experiences as an infantryman in 3rd/39th of the 9th Infantry Division in South Vietnam, 1967-1969. Grieb served in the areas of Rach Kien and French Fort before his assignment at Division Headquarters at Bear Cat. He also became an anti-war activist following his tour in... (open complete record)
- Interview with Ronald E. Griffin
- Item #: OH1256
- Length: 04:38:34 hr/min/sec
- Mr. Griffin discusses his service in Vietnam as an Army Artillery Gunner 1970-1971 in Chu Lai and Quang Tri. He was involved with Lam Son 719. (open complete record)
- Interview with Virginia Griffith
- Item #: OH0189
- Length: 02:47:42 hr/min/sec
- (USAF) Virginia Griffith served with the United States Air Force in South Vietnam from April 1972-March 1973. She served as NCOIC for the Airmen Manning Unit in the 277th Air Base Wing at Tan Son Nhut AB. She served in that capacity during the Easter Offensive of 1972. Interview conducted by Stephen... (open complete record)
- Interview with Maj. Gen. Tom Griffith
- Item #: OH1374
- Maj. Gen. Tom Griffith (USAF, ret.) discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army, and later with the U.S. Air Force. Griffith served as a UH-1 Huey helicopter pilot with A Company, 501st Aviation Battalion, 145th Combat Aviation Battalion, October 1965 to October 1966. Griffith transferre... (open complete record)
- Interview with Michael Griffith
- Item #: OH1376
- Michael Griffith discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Griffith served as an advisor to South Vietnamese Army units in the Song Be area, April 1966 to April 1967, and returned for a truncated tour there, 1969 to 1970. (open complete record)
- Interview with Bryan Grigsby
- Item #: OH0292
- Bryan Grigsby Collection (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO))
- (USA) Bryan K. Grigsby, originally from Gainesville, Florida served in the U.S. Army from 1967 until 1970. Bryan served with the Department of the Army Special Photographic Office (DASPO) and was based out of Ft. Schafter, Hawaii. As a DASPO Still Photographer and Sound Specialist, he went TDY to ... (open complete record)
- Interview with Terry L. Grill
- Item #: OH0874
- Length: 02:24:07 hr/min/sec
- Terry Grill discusses his experiences as a combat engineer in South Vietnam. Grill served with Company D of the 15th Combat Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, October 1966-November 1967. (open complete record)
- Interview with Thomas Grinnell
- Item #: OH1235
- Thomas Grinnell discusses his experience in Vietnam serving with the US Army in An Khe, 1965-1966. (open complete record)
- Interview with Aaron Gritzmaker
- Item #: OH0638
- Aaron Gritzmaker Collection
- Length: 02:34:31 hr/min/sec
- Aaron Gritzmaker served as a Special Forces Medic in I Corps with A-Team 107, A-104, and Mobile Guerilla Force 100 from May of 1966 until he was wounded in May of 1967. (open complete record)
- Interview with Yvonne Guidroz
- Item #: OH0496
- Length: 16:53 hr/min/sec
- Interview conducted by Richard B. Verrone, Ph.D. (open complete record)
- Interview with Ed Gunter
- Item #: OH0697
- Edwin D. Gunter, Jr. Collection
- Length: 06:07:24 hr/min/sec
- In this interview Ed Gunter describes his career as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force. During the Vietnam War Gunter served as a Forward Air Controller in Vietnam and in Laos as a Raven FAC. (open complete record)
- Interview with Teodoro Gutierrez
- Item #: OH0104
- Teodore E. Gutierrez Collection
- Length: 01:25:17 hr/min/sec
- (USMC) Teodoro Gutierrez served with 3rd Marine Division in 1975 and participated in OPERATIONS EAGLE PULL and FREQUENT WIND. Gutierrez was one of the last Marines out of Saigon, Vietnam, in April 1975. Mr. Gutierrez would like to include a special thank you to his nephew, Armando Manjares who help... (open complete record)
- Interview with Frank Gutierrez
- Item #: OH0078
- Length: 03:15:57 hr/min/sec
- (USA) Frank Gutierrez served in Vietnam from 1967-1970 in the 27th Infantry, 25th Division and the 576th Ordnance Co. as a rifleman, Field Wireman and Ordnance Specialist at Cu Chi and Long Binh. Mr. Gutierrez participated in the TET OFFENSIVE '68. (This interview was made possible through grants fr... (open complete record)
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