Donald Evers interview by Lucy Mendez, 2013
Scope and Contents
Interview with Donald Evers; US Army 1968 - 1977; 145 Aviation Battalion during and after Vietnam War
Topics covered: Training; Early days of service; Duty Station and Conflicts served during; Life overseas; Thoughts on Vietnam; Autopsies; Army life - food, stress; Entertainment/leave/pranks; End of service; post Army life; View on the War
0:30 Introduction, war served in, rank 2:10 First days of service 2:30 Boot camp and training experiences 3:20 Instructors 4:40 What war served in and where 5:40 What it was like overseas 9:01 Casualties in the unit 10:00 Thoughts on Vietnam War 11:20 Most memorable experience 16:39 Autopsies 23:12 Family 24:14 Army Food 24:26 Stress in Army and after Army 25:50 Entertainment 26:46 What would you do on leave 28:22 Pranks 30:20 Day service ended 31:30 Life after service 32:50 Relationships after the Army 33:10 View on War
Dates
- 2013
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on these materials.
Extent
From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet ( (2 letter-sized document boxes and 1 letter-sized half document box))
From the Collection: 81 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
1 - CDV - VOB - 2.23gig- 38 min
Repository Details
Part of the Tacoma Community College Archives Repository