William E. Mayfield oral history interview, 1975.

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William E. Mayfield oral history interview, 1975.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85597200

The interviewee discusses the situation in Saigon at the end of the war, how he used his American contacts to get out of Vietnam, the differences between Vietnamese people in different regions of the country, his difficulty learning English, the problems people had getting out of Vietnam at the end of the war, his work with informants in military intelligence, the black market in American products, and the ways Americans worked with Vietnamese informants.

1 sound cassette (1.5 hours);Index (3 leaves)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8333744

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Mayfield, William T.

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The interviewee was a Vietnamese helicopter pilot and military intelligence officer. He was in Saigon at the time the city fell. The name on the cassette is William E. Mayfield, which likely is incorrect. From the description of William E. Mayfield oral history interview, 1975. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 85597200 ...

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...

Jenkins, Dale W.

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