- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Cary S. King
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph, 1944-
King, Cary S., 1941- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2011-05-23
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Tet Offensive, 1968
Bronze Star Medal (U.S.)
Purple Heart
M7 (Howitzer)
Howitzers
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st. Brigade, 2nd
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
United States. Army. Corps, 3rd
United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 7th. Battalion, 1st. Company C
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st
Air America - People:
- Gross, Robert Henry, 1929-1967
Taylor, Larry, 1941- - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary genre)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Cary King describes his experiences serving in the United States Army in Vietnam. He recalls his growing up years as the son of an immigrant father and a first-generation American mother and how they felt when he was commissioned. He describes his training in the United States and Germany
volunteering for duty in Vietnam
and visiting the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco while in uniform. He describes his transit to Vietnam and his first impressions, including the heat, the smell, and the sight of body bags on carts. He recalls his duties in the 1st Infantry Division and describes many incidents, including the deaths of friends
prisoner interrogations
and troops contracting dysentery from contaminated Army water bladders. He remembers getting a three-day pass and being recalled to his unit because of the start of the Tet Offensive. He recalls the buildup to Tet and its aftermath. He describes his homecoming experience and recalls returning to Vietnam many years later and meeting a survivor of the 273rd Việt Cộng, an enemy unit with which his unit engaged, at a cemetery there.
CIB (Combat Infantryman Badge)
Việt Cộng
273rd VC (Việt Cộng unit)
"bloodhound flight" Highway 13
Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry
pacification
Task Force Ware
night defensive positions (NDP)
Cary King served in the United States Army in Vietnam. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/591
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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