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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Meadows, Charles]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Vietnam War, 1961-1975]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Oral biography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Veterans]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Chuck Meadows is a retired American Marine who was first deployed to Vietnam back in 1965. He details his training and his assignments while he was in Vietnam during the war and the multiple tours he participated in. He also describes what he saw and experienced while fighting in Vietnam, including when he found out that during the Tet Offensive in 1968, more than 3,000 civilians were killed by the North Vietnamese Army in Hue. Meadows mentions what he thought about the American coverage of the Vietnam War as well. Meadows has been back to Vietnam many times since the end of the war and he explains what he thinks about the country now and what he hopes the country will become in the future.<br />
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This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation  as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. <br />
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Additionally, this interview was recorded in the process of producing VIETNAMERICA, a feature-length film and follow-up to the short documentary, Master Hoa&#039;s Requiem. Not all interview materials were included in the final film. The film follows Master Hoa back to Southeast Asia to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa escaped Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends. He is the sole survivor.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Chuck Meadows is an American Marine who was first deployed to Vietnam back in 1965. He details his training and his assignments while he was in Vietnam during the war and the multiple tours he participated in. He also describes what he saw and experienced while fighting in Vietnam, including when he found out that during the Tet Offensive in 1968, more than 3,000 civilians were killed by the North Vietnamese Army in Hue. Meadows mentions what he thought about the American coverage of the Vietnam War as well. Meadows has been back to Vietnam many times since the end of the war and he explains what he thinks about the country now and what he hopes the country will become in the future.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Charles Meadows]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[500 Oral Histories Project]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-11-20]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[2013-11-20]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:dateAccepted><![CDATA[2012-07-20]]></dcterms:dateAccepted>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Interviewer: Nancy Bui]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Video and audio recorder: Ted Acheson]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[The creator of this material has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright to this audio, video and photo material. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:accessRights><![CDATA[Public Access Granted]]></dcterms:accessRights>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Deed of Gift]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital, with original sound in wav, original moving image in mvi and original text in doc. The materials were converted into mp3, mp4 and pdf for online access. ]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[52:11]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[26:06]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[This oral history material was born digital and saved to external hard drive.<br />
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    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Moving image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Sound recording]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Text]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:bibliographicCitation><![CDATA[Meadows, Charles, interview by Nancy Bui. July, 20, 2012. Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation oral history interviews, 2017, Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. ]]></dcterms:bibliographicCitation>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></dcterms:coverage>
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