- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Daniel D. Holtz
- Creator:
- Luton, Frank
Holtz, Daniel D., 1943- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2018-04-20
- Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War (Television program)
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care
Prisoners of war--Vietnam
United States. Air Force Medical Service
United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command
Georgia. State Department of Veterans Service - People:
- Cutter, James D., 1940-2015
- Location:
- United Kingdom, England, Cirencester, 51.71927, -1.97145
United Kingdom, England, Fairford Royal Air Force Base, 51.68217, -1.79003
United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Hancock County, Sparta, 33.2757, -82.97626
United States, Mississippi, Harrison County, Keesler Air Force Base, 30.40718, -88.92539
United States, Texas, Wichita County, Sheppard Air Force Base, 33.9744, -98.50271
Vietnam, Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm, 11.5769829, 108.9865391 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Dan Holtz recalls his 25-year career in the United States Air Force. He describes his growing up years, his education, and his reasons for selecting the Medical Service Corps after being commissioned in 1966. He mentions his early assignments and describes in detail his work as an advisor to a civilian hospital in Phan Rang as part of the Military Provincial Health Assistance Program during the Vietnam War. The open air hospital was decades old and included both Vietnamese civilian staff and personnel from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He describes their mission there to provide support to the hospital and the MEDCAP missions they conducted to surrounding villages. He reflects on the good they did and on the Vietnamese people and culture. He was later assigned to serve as an escort for a returning POW, James Cutter, and describes the process of repatriating American prisoners of war from Vietnam and his friendship with Cutter. He was later assigned to a Royal Air Force Base in England and describes his work and life there. He was then assigned to direct the Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities program, where he was responsible for developing the first HMO system in the Department of Defense. He recalls his retirement from active duty and his post military careers, including his present work serving as the Chief Fiscal Officer for the Georgia Department of Veteran's Services. He reflects on his family and his involvement in a number of support services for veterans.
Hurricane Camille; Military Provincial Health Assistance Program Team 14; MACV Team 45; United States Air Forces Europe; RAF Brize Norton; Uniformed Services Treatment Facilities; TRICARE; CHAMPUS; Hancock Memorial Hospital; West Atlanta Douglas Choral Society;
Dan Holtz served in the United States Air Force Medical Service Corps during and after the Vietnam War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/853
- 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:
- 1:57:43
- 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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