Interview with Stuart Cope, May 31, 1990
Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project
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Duty with the 1st Marine Division (July 1970-May 1971); basic training at Camp Pendleton; free-fire zones; "search and destroy" missions; race relations in his platoon; "old-timers" and "newbies"; weaponry; being wounded north of Da Nang; village interrogation; impression of the Viet Cong-- NVA-- and villagers; body counts; R&R centers; hospitalization at Fort Knox-- Kentucky; real war vs war movies; war as ultimate test of manhood; esprit de corps of the Marines; luck as a factor in survival; fear during combat; alcohol abuse in Vietnam.Interview Accession
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Cope, Stuart Interview by Sandra Gray Thacker. 31 May. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Cope, S. (1990, May 31). Interview by S. G. Thacker. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Cope, Stuart, interview by Sandra Gray Thacker. May 31, 1990, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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