1 / 9

Voices of the Past Speak to the Future Veteran’s Oral History Project

Voices of the Past Speak to the Future Veteran’s Oral History Project. Army Heritage Center Foundation. 1960: Early Cold War and Lead to Vietnam War Background. Lt Col (Ret) Clarence Bouchat Silver Springs Veterans Memorial Committee bouchatc@hotmail.com.

jorn
Download Presentation

Voices of the Past Speak to the Future Veteran’s Oral History Project

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Voices of the Past Speak to the Future Veteran’s Oral History Project Army Heritage Center Foundation

  2. 1960: Early Cold War and Lead to Vietnam War Background Lt Col (Ret) Clarence Bouchat Silver Springs Veterans Memorial Committee bouchatc@hotmail.com

  3. Silver Springs Veterans Memorial • OHP Veterans Liaison • Mission: • Honor veterans’ sacrifice • Motivate others to service – local to national • Post Oral History on web • Interview of veteran • Reflection Piece • Volunteer Opportunities http://www.sstveteransmemorial.com/My_Homepage_Files/Page1.html

  4. America in 1960 - People - population: 179 million - 41% rural - life expectancy: 69 yrs - new: polio vaccine - US Economy Dominates - Economy size: $2.4 trillion, or $13,414 /person - 11% farmers, 33% factory workers—30% women - 43% graduate high school, only 8% college - car: $2100, gas: 17c/gl, teacher earns: $4800/yr - new: 2000 computers in use throughout USA

  5. America in 1960 - Entertainment: - Music: The Twist - Movie: Dr Strangelove ‘64 - TV: Flintstones - new: Dominoes Pizza • Politics in change - JFK youngest president - Alaska and Hawaii become states ‘59 - Cold War – Sputnik ‘57, Castro ‘59, Berlin ‘61 -- Vietnam – 800 advisors in ‘60, 16,000 in ‘64 - Civil Rights – Greensboro Woolworth’s sit-in

  6. OHP Veterans Background - Combat Veterans - 7 Cold War, 4 Vietnam vets -- 6 Army, 4 AF, 1 Navy -- subs, airborne, fighter pilot • Only 10% in combat - medical, maintenance, trainer • Between WW2 and VN - America changing rapidly - Great technological advances - America leads the world in everything - Exercises; Wars are small, limited, many, global

  7. OHP Veterans Today - Today how old is a soldier who was 19 in 1960? - not as technology savvy as you - plagued by old age aliments, or old war wounds - may be irritable: not as strong or independent - some will confuse events, 50 years later - some may become incapacitated or die TSgt Richard C. Smith, US Army, WWII

  8. Interacting with Veterans - Be patient and accommodating - ask about training, duties, what it meant to serve - be prepared, respectful, reliable, punctual - for some this will be first time talking about war - communicate often – use postal mail too! • Start with prepared questions then ad lib • Use AHEC overview questions given to you • Record music from that era and play to start meeting • Ask to see photos or memorabilia and ask questions

  9. Any Questions? Clarence Bouchat, veteran’s laision bouchatc@hotmail.com 717-691-7239

More Related