Meadows, Charles

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.

2013-11-20

Interviewer: Nancy Bui

Video and audio recorder: Ted Acheson