Michael Blakeney oral history interview, 1974-1975.

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Michael Blakeney oral history interview, 1974-1975.

Blakeney discusses his ROTC training and education at Louisiana State University; his army helicopter training; flying missions as a scout pilot; the topography of Vietnam and its effect on waging war; the Cambodian invasion; Vietnamese attitudes toward Americans and communism; the prevalence of drug use, prostitution, and the black market; and Viet Cong strategy and tactics.

4 sound cassettes (4 hours);Index (9 leaves)

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam.

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)

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Meier, Dudley R.,

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Blakeney, Michael.

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Michael Blakeney was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. From the description of Michael Blakeney oral history interview, 1974-1975. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 73278888 ...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...