Interview with John Maher, March 26, 2022
Project: West Chester University: Vietnam Era Oral History Project
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Dr. John Maher was a Captain, US Army Medical Corps, and was assigned to what used to be called a Civil Affairs/Military Government (CAMG) in Vietnam from 1962-1963. He talks about his experiences as a doctor during the war and his personal accounts of what he witnessed. His story is told from before the war as a student studying to become a doctor, to his time in Vietnam, and finally what he accomplished after the war. He has a unique account of the Vietnam War because he was there early on and witnessed what few veterans have.Interview Accession
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Vietnam doctor Military Peace Corps clinic booby traps Montagnards snakes smallpox vaccine healthcareInterview Rights
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Maher, John Interview by Ryan Gerst. 26 Mar. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Maher, J. (2022, March 26). Interview by R. Gerst. West Chester University: Vietnam Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Maher, John, interview by Ryan Gerst. March 26, 2022, West Chester University: Vietnam Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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