Stephen Thomas oral history interview, 1975.

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Stephen Thomas oral history interview, 1975.

Thomas discusses working a safe job in the rear, Vietnamese civilians who worked on the base at Chu Lai, drug use among American soldiers, the massacre at My Lai, the black market, the effect of the war on the Vietnamese, and his bad relations with officers.

1 sound cassette (45 minutes);Index (2 leaves)

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