Interview with Kent Bischoff, October 27, 1988

Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Bardstown-- Kentucky; enlisting in the National Guard; training at Fort Hood-- Texas; artillery training at Fort Sill-- Oklahoma; unit's activation and lawsuit by Guardsmen over being sent to Vietnam; first impressions of Vietnam; assignment to Phu Bai; impression of regular U.S. Army soldiers; effectiveness of ARVN troops; Hill 88 outside of Phu Bai; "infusion" program; physical conditions at Fire Base Tomahawk; attack by NVA on Fire Base Tomahawk; concern regarding effect of attack on Bardstown; failure of American strategy in Vietnam; attitude toward Jane Fonda and war protesters.

Interview Accession

1988oh197_vvk027

Interviewee Name

Kent Bischoff

Interviewer Name

Andrew McIntire

Interview Date

1988-10-27

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Bischoff, Kent Interview by Andrew McIntire. 27 Oct. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Bischoff, K. (1988, October 27). Interview by A. McIntire. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Bischoff, Kent, interview by Andrew McIntire. October 27, 1988, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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