- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Roger Harold Soiset
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph; Hilliard, Tony
Soiset, Roger Harold, 1946- - Date of Original:
- 2011-01-21
- Subject:
- Bronze Star Medal (U.S.)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Thornton, Lynwood Keeton, 1949-1970
Thonen, James Leo, 1949-1970
Citadel Academy (Charleston, S.C.)
United States. Army. Light Infantry Brigade, 199th
Southern Polytechnic State University
Kennesaw State University
California State University, Long Beach
199th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, Bravo Company
Kit Carson scout
Rough Puffs
The Two Dollar Bill (book)
C-4 (explosive) - Location:
- Australia, -25.0, 135.0
United States, Alabama, Dale County, Fort Rucker, 31.34282, -85.71538
United States, California, Solano County, Travis Air Force Base, 38.26845, -121.93373
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Fort Benning, 32.35237, -84.96882
United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Kennesaw, 34.02343, -84.61549
United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
Vietnam, Ð?ng Nai, Long Bình, 10.9431631, 106.8792045
Vietnam, Long Khánh, 10.9335279, 107.2416829 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Roger Soiset describes his experiences serving as a United States Army infantry officer during the Vietnam War. He recalls his upbringing, education, and military training and recalls his feelings and impressions upon arriving in Vietnam. Soiset describes the day to day living conditions and activities of his unit while in the jungle, including several ambushes they experienced. He recalls losing two fellow soldiers who were killed while trying to outflank an enemy position and the effect this had on other soldiers in the unit. He currently teaches a Vietnam War course that he created at Southern Polytechnic State University (now Kennesaw State University) and comments on the Vietnamese students who have attended his class because their parents would not discuss the war and they wanted to learn about it.
Roger Soiset served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/326
- 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:
- 57:09
- 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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