Interview with Donald Parrish, October 20, 1988
Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Bardstown-- Kentucky; Battery C-- National Guard artillery; interviews he has done in the past and misrepresentation; duty as artillery fire direction chief; "infusion" program in Vietnam; riot control training; send-off unit received from Bardstown citizens when leaving for Vietnam; training at Fort Hood-- Texas; lawsuit filed by Guardsmen over being sent to Vietnam; camraderie in the unit; initial impressions of Vietnam; Hill 88 outside of Phu Bai; CIA presence at the camp; physical description of Fire Base Tomahawk; attack on Fire Base Tomahawk; unit members who were killed during attack; homecoming.Interview Accession
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Parrish, Donald Interview by Andrew McIntire. 20 Oct. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Parrish, D. (1988, October 20). Interview by A. McIntire. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Parrish, Donald, interview by Andrew McIntire. October 20, 1988, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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