Homer T. Cox III oral history interview, 1974.

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Homer T. Cox III oral history interview, 1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/73278972

Cox discusses his father's service in Vietnam both with the Navy and as a civilian contractor; his own airborne and Special Forces training; his attendance at a West Point prep school run by the Army at Fort Fellboard, Virginia; his combat experience in Vietnam including the day he was severely wounded; his experiences in Army hospitals; volunteering to be a medical test subject at the Army's chemical warfare center at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland; his father's death by the Viet Cong in Vietnam; drug use among American soldiers; and wasteful habits in the Army.

1 sound cassette (1.5 hours);Transcript (25 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8103341

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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