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Kelsey Austin

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This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia Vietnam veterans. In this interview, Nellie Adkins discusses: her marriage and her life before marriage; dating; detailed information about her husband serving in the Vietnam War; a brief mention of Robert C. Byrd; the Christmas before her husband left for Vietnam; her husband returning home; a small section on cultural perceptions of Vietnam veterans; her family life during the war; letters to and from home during the war; a small amount of information about Operation Iraqi Freedom; a brief section on her perceptions of the Vietnam War; and other topics.

Publication Date

2005

Identifier

OH64-831

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Adkins, Nellie G., -- Autobiography.
United States. Army -- Oral histories.
Family -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Married women -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Strikes and lockouts -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-831.

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Oral History Interview: Nellie G. Adkins

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