Patrick L. Villars oral history interview, 1975.

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Patrick L. Villars oral history interview, 1975.

Villars discusses his Marine training; life at the air base at Nam Phong, Thailand; race relations; drug use; psychological effects of the war on soldiers; disparities in treatment between officers and enlisted men; the attitudes and culture of the Thai people; Thai politics and the threat of communism; and his general evaluation of the war in Vietnam.

1 sound cassette (1.5 hours);Index (4 leaves)

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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...

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