Interview with Wesley M. Zanone, August 7, 1990

Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Duty in Vietnam from November 1969 to May 1971 with the Americal Division; duties as a squad leader; Chu Lai; re-enlistment to get out of the field; war protests in the United States and change in attitude of members of his platoon; ability of his commanding officers; interrogation methods used in Vietnamese villages; responsibility as a "point man"; mistakes made as squad leader; problems with weapons; unit camraderie; fear of death; caliber of draftees; My Lai massacre; no-fire zones; American strategy during the war; "fragging" of officers; media coverage of the war; race relations among American troops; homecoming reception; his bitterness about the war; burning a village; "Vietnamization Program"; setting up ambushes at night; body counts; drug and alcohol abuse among American troops; the war's effect on South Vietnam's economy

Interview Accession

1990oh193_vvk037

Interviewee Name

Wesley M. Zanone

Interviewer Name

Arthur L. Kelly

Interview Date

1990-08-07

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Zanone, Wesley M. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 07 Aug. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Zanone, W.M. (1990, August 07). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Zanone, Wesley M., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. August 07, 1990, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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