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  • Interview With Timothy Vail
    • Item #: OH0445
    • Mr. Timothy (Tim) P. Vail Collection
    • Length: 15:29:03 hr/min/sec
    •  (USA) Tim Vail was born in Altoona, PA, and grew up in Norfolk, VA. His father was a twenty-three year U.S. Navy veteran and was a submariner in World War II. Tim served in the U.S. Army from July 1968 until July 1970. He was drafted in July 1968, did his Basic Training at Ft. Benning, GA, and hi... (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview With Timothy Vail Link to Interview With Timothy Vail
  • Interview with Ben Van Etten
    • Item #: OH0259
    • Ben Van Etten Collection (Air America Association)
    • Length: 8:15:86 hr/min/sec
    •  (USA) Ben Van Etten served with the United States Army in Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. After returning to the US and working at Fort Wolters as a helicopter instructor pilot, he went to work for Air America in 1968. He served in Thailand and Laos from 1968 until 1972 flying the H-34. Interview cond... (open complete record) 
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  • Interview with Col. James Van Straten
    • Item #: OH1063
    • James G. Van Straten Collection
    •  Col. James Van Straten (U.S. Army, ret.) discusses his experiences in Vietnam. Van Straten served in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps as senior medical advisor in I Corps, July 1966 to July 1967. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Col. James Van Straten
  • Interview with Alan VanDan
    • Item #: OH0229
    • Length: 02:02:23 hr/min/sec
    •  (USA) Alan VanDan, originally from Boone Grove, Indiana served in the U.S. Army and was in Vietnam from April 1968 until June 1969. He served in C Co., 1/12 First Cavalry Air Mobile as a rifleman and point man near Quang Tri and the A Shau Valley between April and December 1968. From December 1968... (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Alan VanDan Link to Interview with Alan VanDan
  • Interview with Billy Mac Vannoy
  • Interview with Luis Vargas
    • Item #: OH1400
    •  Luis Vargas discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Vargas served three tours of duty, the first with C Company, 502nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division from 1965 to 1966. He returned for a second tour with a B Team with the 5th Special Forces Group, 1968 to 1969. Duri... (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Luis Vargas
  • Interview with VeLoy J. Varner
    • Item #: OH0300
    • Mr. VeLoy J. Varner Collection
    • Length: 8:50:44 hr/min/sec
    •  In this interview, Vel Varner discusses his two tours of duty in Vietnam. Varner served with the 1st Air Cavalry Division, 1967-1968, and returned to Vietnam in 1971-1972 to serve as a battalion commander in the 101st Airborne Division. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with VeLoy J. Varner Link to Interview with VeLoy J. Varner
  • Interview with Frank Vavrek
    • Item #: OH0343
    •  (USA) LTCOL Frank Vavrek was born in Harrisburg PA in 1943 and volunteered for the infantry in 1963. He completed Basic and Advanced Training at Fort Jackson SC. Having also completed Ranger School, he graduated from OCS at Fort Benning GA in 1965. Frank arrived in Vietnam in August 1965 as a pla... (open complete record) 
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  • Interview with Steven D. Vermillion
    • Item #: OH0406
    • Mr. Steven D. Vermillion Collection
    • Length: 4:18:14 hr/min/sec
    •  Steve Vermillion was a United State Army Dustoff helicopter commander in Vietnam in 1969. He flew 1450 missions with 1127 combat hours. His many awards during the Vietnam War included Air Medals, the Silver Star, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Vermillion retired from the Army in 1993 as a Lieut... (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Steven D. Vermillion Link to Interview with Steven D. Vermillion
  • Interview with James Weddell
  • Interview with Barry D. Vincent
    • Item #: OH1460
    •  Lt. Col. Barry Vincent discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Vincent served as a Cobra helicopter pilot with B Battery, 4th/77th Artillery (Aerial Rocket Artillery), 101st Airborne Division, from October 1970 to September 1971. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Barry D. Vincent
  • Interview with Col. James Vinci
    • Item #: OH1182
    •  Col. James Vinci (U.S. Army, ret.) discusses his experiences in Vietnam with the U.S. Navy. Vinci served as communications officer aboard the USS Hickman County (LST-825), 1966-1967. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Col. James Vinci
  • Interview with Jack Vineyard
  • Interview with Carl Vogel
    • Item #: OH0816
    • Carl Vogel Collection
    • Length: 02:56:16 hr/min/sec
    •  In this interview, Carl Vogel describes his tour of duty in Qui Nhon, South Vietnam as a helicopter crew chief with the 117th Aviation Company, February 1964 - February 1965. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Carl Vogel Link to Interview with Carl Vogel
  • Interview with Harold Vorhies
  • Interview with Eily Pat Gorman
    • Item #: OH0393
    • Kara Dixon Vuic Collection
    • Length: 1:14:10 hr/min/sec
    •  Major Eily Gorman discusses her career as a nurse in U.S. Army and the Army Nurse Corps, including one tour in South Vietnam at an evacuation hospital. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Eily Pat Gorman Link to Interview with Eily Pat Gorman
  • Interview with Sharon Alden
  • Interview with Lynn M. C. Kohl
  • Interview with Babette Clough
  • Interview with Rosemary Burke
  • Interview with Martha Kuhns
  • Interview with Jennifer Lundberg
  • Interview with Margaret Easterly Canfield
  • Interview with Hannah Moynahan Wynne
  • Interview with Billy M. Storey
  • Interview with Diane C. Evans
    • Item #: OH0380
    • Kara Dixon Vuic Collection
    • Length: 1:47:45 hr/min/sec
    •  Diane Carlson Evans discusses her experiences as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-1969. Evans served in Vung Tau and in Pleiku. Evans also describes her efforts to help create the U.S. Vietnam Women's Memorial. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Diane C. Evans Link to Interview with Diane C. Evans
  • Interview with Mary Messerschmidt
  • Interview with Mims Crowell Aultman
    • Item #: OH0564
    • Kara Dixon Vuic Collection
    • Length: 2:47:39 hr/min/sec
    •  Colonel Mims C. Aultman (U.S. Army, ret.) discusses his experiences in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Aultman was commanding officer of the 12th Evacuation Hospital, 1968-1969. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Mims Crowell Aultman Link to Interview with Mims Crowell Aultman
  • Interview with Doris Cobb
  • Interview with Anna Mae Hays
    • Item #: OH0571
    • Kara Dixon Vuic Collection
    • Length: 3:40:19 hr/min/sec
    •  In this interview, General Anna Mae Hays (U.S. Army, ret.) discusses her experiences as a nurse during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Hays served in the China-Burma-India theater in World War II prior to serving in the Korean War. Hays later became Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Co... (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Anna Mae Hays Link to Interview with Anna Mae Hays
  • Interview with Marion K. Kennedy
    • Item #: OH0391
    • Kara Dixon Vuic Collection
    • Length: 2:12:53 hr/min/sec
    •  In this interivew Marion Kennedy describes her experiences as an Army Nurse. She served during World War II, and served from 1942 until she retired in 1972. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with Marion K. Kennedy Link to Interview with Marion K. Kennedy
  • Interview with Barry Powell
  • Interview with Richard L. Berry
  • Interview with Leo LaBell
  • Interview with Barbara J. Price
  • Interview with Betty J. Antilla
  • Interview with Mary L. Curtis
  • Interview with John Sherner
    • Item #: OH0390
    • Kara Dixon Vuic Collection
    • Length: 1:02:29 hr/min/sec
    •  John Sherner discusses his experiences as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-1969. Sherner served at the 24th Evacuation Hospital as a nurse anesthetist. (open complete record) 
    • Link to Interview with John Sherner Link to Interview with John Sherner

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