Richard Francis Dundon's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Catalog Number: VIS 201.0514
THIS INTERVIEW CONTAINS PROFANITY In this interview, Richard Francis Dundon relates his experiences in the United States Army in Vietnam. He describes his childhood, his parents, and his early education. He tells of his three uncles who all attained the rank of colonel, including Harry Atwood, who was awarded the Croix de Guerre during World War I. He explains his entry into the Army and his training. He discusses his entry into Vietnam and his unit. He relates stories of their experiences in combat. He describes going on R&R to Hong Kong and Australia. He references “The Embers of War” by Fred Logevall as well as “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles.
Thank You Mr. Dundon for your Service and Dedication to our Country during a very difficult time......I am PROUD to live in a country with MEN like yourself !!.......all you Vietnam Combat Veterans are HERO'S as far as I'm concerned !!.....God Bless ALL of you !!.......WELCOME HOME SIR !!
Very good interview.One of the best I have seen.
Thank you for telling your story! Nice guy and great story teller. Sorry for your losses.
"If you don't have memories, you don't have anything"; I'll remember that one. This is one of the best interviews I've heard. This AMERICAN is the best story teller and there is no way in hell I would have taken that final offer.
Amazing story 🙏
Thank you for your service to your country this is a good interview
Thank you so much sir
For your service and and your story
Thanks for sharing Rich! Some funny stories!
Very candid. I love it.
Thank you for your service sir. I love that you carried a Randall. I was lucky when I was younger to go to the museum at the Randall shop and read some of the letters they received from soldiers serving in country. Thank you again for your service. God bless
Operation Arc Light. During Operation Arc Light (Arc Light, and sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States deployed B-52F Stratofortresses from bases in the US to Guam to provide close air support to ground combat operations in Vietnam.
This guy is a comedian: give these interviewees a glass of water for Gods sake: everyone coughs like a mad
hatter!
It’s a few years after the interview just now. I’m at 34:02. Good on you Rich. It’s tough and those bloody memories aren’t all good, mate cheers
Thank you Sir.
Great interview
Very cool interview 👍
Refreshing HONESTY! "Take two Salt Tablets" and drive on! Welcome Home,Brother!
another amazing interview EXCEPT for the NOSE problems!!Can it be fixed?
Ive said it before....before the interview starts give these guys a bottle of water.
Integrity, thank you.
Arghhh, the head cold is killing me. I came here to make a small remark about how that's all I could hear, but it's been commented on already haha. This guys story sounds really good, but i can't take it anymore...
Interviewers mic is too loud…can hear his breathing.. the interviewers audio should be blended on the same track not separated on a single channel.
Arc light probably refers to a flash of light like that of a welder. Striking a arc
The runny nose is just normal talk comversation. His story is what's important not the cold.
A good interview except for your mic and snot nose why did you not take it off when not asking a question?
Arclight were the B-52 flying from Guam to Vietnam. It is just a codeword, not classified. These are the same planes that were being shot down due to command unwillingness to change processes. I know the man who fixed it, very very late when they actually listened. Sad, that.
Extra year for OCS.
I thought it was pearls... but it's snot... lol
I listen to a lot of these interviews and have great respect for these warriors even though they were manipulated into war because they were young ...one thing I have noticed is why do they have such a bad cough? Is it normal of Americans of such age or have these men been exposed to something ?
They Are constantly talking and their throats are getting really dry. Not give them anything to drink while they’re interviewing.
Welcome home brother. USARV Special Troops 68/69 with much safer duty than you
This guy Dundon is a good story teller, but with the interviewer breathing down his cold in the microphone simply ruins it! Tood bad because his story is compelling!
Thanks guys didnt notice the cold until I read the comments. Now I cant hear anything else! 🙄
Chicken Man... He's everywhere! He's everywhere!
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Unfortunate that the interviewer's labored breathing and running nose are such a distraction.
I don't watch these videos that keep popping up on my CZcams. But I hope he's saying something about why veterans were not accepted well by the American public when they returned. As a collective group, the US military was racking up an image of unacceptable collateral damage involving the lives and property of innocent civilian Vietnamese...both South & North. As one sick veteran stated on one of these BS videos...he knew he knowingly killed innocent civilians..."but he didn't feel anything" doing it. (Gee, that sounds like a war crime). We were exposed to highly publicized massacres by Americans. Last but not least, we were hearing about the mutiny of American servicemen against their own US officers. It was called "fragging". An estimated 800-1000 documented or suspected incidents of attempts to kill US officers to avoid a mission. This occurred over many years of the whole war. Can you imagine losing a loved one in Vietnam b/c of that?
So...maybe that's why the American public didn't treat them like heroes....like they think they should have. I'm very proud that I am a Vietnam Draft resistor. I sure as he$$ didn't miss anything. I actually did my country a patriotic duty and favor.
who gives a crap about profanity, this a soldier talking, he could swear all he wants
Thank you Richard. Could have done without the vulgarity!
Ass talk better.
@@robertjennings397 needs to clean up his language
@@jimmyandkathyharrell Risk your life in combat and tell me about demonstrative verbs.
@@robertjennings397 not talking about while he was in combat! We all used that language while in certain situations. Not appropriate on this video which will be available for all age groups to watch/hear in perpetuity.
@@jimmyandkathyharrell For warned is for armed.