Interviewer
Jacob Shane Sellers
Files
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Description
This interview is one of a series titled the Veterans History Project. Dennis Ray Johnson was a member of the United State Marine Corp and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He discusses: very brief information about his employment history before the war; how he was drafted and why he chose the Marine Corp; his military training; his experiences in the service and in the Vietnam War; his employment & his experiences after the war; other Vietnam veterans; stories about the South Korean R.O.K. Marines; some discussion of the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom?); politics; the Kennedy assassination; a story about an AWOL solider; some discussion of civil rights; and other topics.
Publication Date
1-30-2005
Type
Text
Keywords
Vietnam veterans
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Oral History | Social History
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-694.
Rights
Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-694, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Johnson, Dennis Ray, -- Autobiography., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., United States. Marine Corps -- Oral histories., Military education -- Oral histories., Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Oral histories., Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Oral histories.