- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Richard A. Nurnberg
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph
Nurnberg, Richard A., 1941- - Date of Original:
- 2015-05-08
- Subject:
- Pueblo Incident, 1968
Cold War--Personal narratives, American
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Bates College (Lewiston, Me.)
Tufts University
United States. Army. Medical Service Corps
Command and General Staff College (U.S.)
National Infantry Association (U.S.)
10th Medical Detachment
Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Operation Desert Storm
Korean Military Advisor's Group - Location:
- China, Beijing, 39.906217, 116.3912757
Germany, Karlsruhe, 49.0068705, 8.4034195
Japan, 35.68536, 139.75309
Korea, Panmunjom, 37.9559717, 126.6773137
South Korea, Seoul, 37.5666791, 126.9782914
United States, Alabama, Dale County, Fort Rucker, 31.34282, -85.71538
United States, Arizona, Cochise County, Fort Huachuca, 31.5537615, -110.319424
United States, California, Monterey County, Fort Ord Military Reservation (historical), 36.65278, -121.80056
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Chattahoochee County, Fort Benning, 32.35237, -84.96882
United States, New Jersey, Essex County, Newark, 40.73566, -74.17237 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Richard Nurnberg describes his 33-year career as a dentist in the United States Army medical services. He served in Germany in the 1960s and describes what East Berlin was like then. He later served in Korea and recalls the tensions that still existed there. He recalls visiting Beijing, China, in 1983, and describes the reaction of the Chinese people to seeing American tourists, a rarity at that time. He describes having to identify a murder victim in Arizona based on dental records and recalls how the 1985 plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland, that killed 248 soldiers from the 101st Airborne affected the handling of Army dental records. He was required to take flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama, so that he would be better qualified to evaluate pilots for service. He describes how his command was affected when Desert Storm broke out and how medical personnel worked to prepare soldiers for the war. He comments on some of the medical and dental conditions that would preclude soldiers from serving overseas. He describes returning from Korea in uniform during the Vietnam War and when he arrived at the airport in San Francisco, protesters spit on him and called him a "baby killer."
Richard Nurnberg served as a dentist in the United States Army from 1963-1996. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/332
- 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:
- 1:21:30
- 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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