Interviewee | DUNN, Marvin (b. 1931) |
Military Service | U.S. Marine Corps Korean War Veteran |
Interview ID # | OH 1717 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Decision to drop out of college to join the U.S. Marine Corps; boot camp and training; assignment to combat unit; combat in Korea; combat at Hill 749 and Hill 884; battlefield injury at “the Punchbowl” that resulted in leg amputation; recuperation; opinions regarding enemy soldiers and what the U.S. accomplished in the war; civilian opinions of the war; struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder; return to college and graduate school; career as teacher, principal, and administrator in Dallas ISD; involvement with Korean War Veterans Organization |
Interviewer(s) | Josh Montandon |
Physical Description | 42 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |