Vietnam War Interview Forum

Vietnam Veteran Interview

To whom it may concern,
     My name is Nick Helgeson and for my Honors English class, we are reading The Things They Carried and have been asked to conduct an interview with a Vietnam veteran. Your input is greatly appreciated and your serving of our country is a blessing to all Americans. Note: responses by Nov. 6 would be most beneficial.
1.)     What is your name, assigned unit and rank, where you were located and spent serving, and what years did you serve?
2.)     What were your views on the war prior to it and what motivated you to enlist? How old were you at the time?
3.)     What were your duties during the war? How were the conditions during the war? How did these duties and conditions affect you after the war?
4.)     How did your perspective on people and life in general change as the war progressed? Did you struggle with transitioning back to normal life in America, and if so, what was it like?
5.)     How did your service affect life plans that were arranged prior to the war?
6.)     How would you compare the camaraderie of the men in your unit to your normal friends? How do they differ from one another?
7.)     How did the American people react you to when you returned? How do people treat you nowadays and what are your feelings on that?
8.)     How often do you think about the war? Are there certain things in everyday life that bring you back to the war? What is the story behind them?
9.)     What has been the best medium you have used for coping after the war?
10.)     How do you think the war has changed you and how do you see yourself if you had not been in the war in terms of vocation, family, social status, quality of life, happiness, political and religious views?
Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. I hope that by talking about the war, any internal struggles of yours are eased. Thank you for serving America and God bless you.

Mon Nov 2

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