- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Jimmy Marion Bevis
- Creator:
- Luton, Frank
Bevis, Jimmy Marion, 1944- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2017-03-26
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care
Montagnards (Vietnamese people)
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 26th
Princeton (Aircraft carrier : CV-23)
New Jersey (Battleship : BB-62) - Location:
- Japan, Okinawa, 26.53806, 127.96778
United States, California, San Diego County, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 33.35386, -117.42558
United States, California, San Diego County, San Diego, 32.71571, -117.16472
United States, Mississippi, Harrison County, Gulfport, 30.36742, -89.09282
Vietnam, Quảng Trị, 16.8581352, 106.8588935 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Jimmy Bevis recalls his experiences as a United States Navy hospital corpsman serving with Marine Corps units during the Vietnam War. He describes his family's background in military service and that he joined the Navy to avoid being drafted. He explains his attitudes and feelings about war. He describes his training and his first assignment with an aborted mission to invade North Vietnam. He recalls later assignments with the 26th Marines, working with Medevac crews based on the USS Princeton and USS Okinawa. He comments on the Vietnamese people and the indigenous Montagnard people. He recalls meeting a veteran many years later who recognized him as the corpsman that saved his life. He describes his homecoming and the anti-war protestors who attempted to urinate on his group. He recalls the first time he spoke about his experiences in Vietnam and how cathartic it was. He displays photos he took in Vietnam of his unit's work providing medical care to civilians as well as treating Marines for "jungle rot" and STDs.
9th Marine Amphibious Brigade; USS Okinawa (LPH-3); hospital corpsman; Medevac; Balboa Naval Hospital (San Diego, Ca.); DMZ; "Camp Swab"; "Camp Hanson"; Seabee;
Jimmy Bevis was a United States Navy hospital corpsman during the Vietnam War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/840
- 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:
- 1:49:22
- 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:
-
