Interviewee | HOUSER, Oscar (b. 1941) |
Military Service | U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran, Nurse Corps |
Interview ID # | OH 0922 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1972-73. Decision to enter nurse training, the military; anesthesia school at William Beaumont Medical Center, 1972; attitudes toward Vietnam War; assignment to 95th Evacuation Hospital, China Beach, Vietnam; camp living conditions; work at Da Nang and Pleiku; treatment of battle casualties; work with Montagnards; work with Vietnamese medical personnel; social life and recreational activities; morale and drug problems; personal relationships among camp personnel; communications with home; decision to stay in military; effect on Vietnam experience on his later life. |
Interviewer(s) | Cindy Houser |
Physical Description | 56 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |