- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of T. Jackson Bedford, Jr.
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph
Hilliard, Tony
Woods, Ed
Bedford, T. Jackson, Jr., 1944- - Date of Original:
- 2011-08-22
- Subject:
- MiG (Fighter planes)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Nargi, Anthony John
Wilson, A. B.
University of Virginia
United States. Navy. Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 33 (VAQ-33)
Intrepid (Aircraft carrier)
Emory University. Lamar School of Law
Georgia. Superior Court (Fulton County)
Douglas EA-1F Skyraider
Anti-exposure suit (“Poopie suit”)
SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape) School
Yankee Station
Dixie Station - Location:
- Gulf of Tonkin, 20.0, 108.0
United States, Alabama, Lee County, Opelika, 32.64541, -85.37828
United States, Florida, Escambia County, Pensacola, 30.42131, -87.21691
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, 35.46756, -97.51643
United States, Rhode Island, Quonset Point Naval Air Station - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, T. Jackson Bedford, Jr., recalls his experiences serving as pilot in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War. He describes growing up in a military family; his father served as a Navy officer in both World War II and the Korean War. Bedford attended the University of Virginia on a NROTC scholarship and was commissioned in 1966. He flew EA-1F aircraft from the USS Intrepid (CV-11). His squadron's (VAQ-33) mission was to locate enemy radar and use jamming equipment and chaff to prevent it from locking on to incoming strike aircraft. He describes the day to day operations of his squadron and recalls incidents when the carrier air wing lost men. He reflects on his military experience and how it has informed his later life and career. Bedford comments on the reception Vietnam veterans received when they returned home and compares it to that experienced by post 9-11 military members today.
T. Jackson Bedford, Jr., was a Navy pilot during the Vietnam War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/302
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 1:22:48
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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