United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Fort Meade, 39.10815, -76.74323United States, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, Indiantown Gap Military ReservationUnited States, South Carolina, Richland County, Fort Jackson, 34.04757, -80.83335United States, Texas, El Paso County, Fort Bliss, 31.81357, -106.41224United States, Texas, Tom Green County, Goodfellow Air Force Base, 31.43137, -100.40208Vietnam, Bồng Sơn, 21.63333, 103.61667Vietnam, Nha Trang, 12.2431693, 109.1898675King, CaryMacNeill, Charles A., 1946-2017-03-03In this interview, Dr. Charles MacNeill recalls his experiences serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He describes growing up in Atlanta, Georgia. When he received his draft notice, he decided to enlist because an Army recruiter promised him he would go to Germany, not Vietnam. He received orders to Vietnamese language school instead. He describes language school and recalls that all the instructors there were Vietnamese women. After additional training in code breaking, he was sent to Vietnam and remembers his first impressions of the country. He describes his work with a Radio Research Unit in great detail, including the living conditions there and his duties. He remembers being assigned later as a teacher for a group of South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) soldiers and receiving a Bronze Star from that unit when he intercepted and decoded an enemy message that contained the entire spring offensive for the North Vietnamese Army. He recalls many of his experiences, including translating for medical teams from New Zealand and the loss of four men who were ambushed while traveling in their jeep. He describes his post-military medical education and career, including being asked by the Centers for Disease Control to set up a public health department at Fort Indiantown Gap for Vietnamese refugees after the fall of Saigon.radio intercept code breaking; Davis Station; Radio Research Unit; Sergeant Hien; Sergeant Hung; 404th Radio Research Detachment; LZ English; pacification; "Ditty Boppers"; triangulation; radio direction finding; Morse Code; rice messages; PRC 25 radio; V-100 radio; ground plane antennas; LZ Uplift; Rome Plow; "Hawks Nest"Charles MacNeill served as a Vietnamese language linguist in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.video/mp4Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Centerhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Veterans History Project oral history recordingsVeterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterVietnam War, 1961-1975--CryptographyVietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, AmericanVietnam War, 1961-1975--Military intelligence--United StatesAgent OrangeLeprosyUnited States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rdUnited States. National Security AgencyEmory UniversityCenters for Disease Control (U.S.)Oral history interview of Charles A. MacNeill Jr.MovingImage