Interview with William W. Bradley, June 1, 1990
Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project
Interview Summary
American war strategy in Vietnam; attitude toward war protesters; no-fire zones in Cambodia and Laos; resigning his commission after the fall of Saigon in 1975; feelings of betrayal and distrust; body counts; soldiers becoming dehumanized; difference between Asian and Western culture; Pleiku and the Ia Drang Valley in 1970; destroying villages and civilian casualties; quality and motivation of NVA soldiers; advisor to ARVN forces in 1973; quality of ARVN troops; first combat experience; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; ability of his commanding officers; jungle warfare; Tet Offensive in 1968; Battle for Hue.Interview Accession
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Bradley, William W. Interview by Sandra Gray Thacker. 01 Jun. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Bradley, W.W. (1990, June 01). Interview by S. G. Thacker. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Bradley, William W., interview by Sandra Gray Thacker. June 01, 1990, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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