- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Timothy A. Boone
- Creator:
- Galloway, Joseph L.
Boone, Timothy A., 1945- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2020-02-25
2020 - Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Agent Orange
Purple Heart
Montagnards (Vietnamese people)
Caribou (Transport plane)
Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States. Army. Special Forces Group, 5th
United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Stars and Stripes (Newspaper)
United States. Army. Organizational Effectiveness Training Center - People:
- McNutt, Frank Elliott, 1944-1970
Burruss, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Moore, Harold G., 1922-2017
Raye, Martha
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Tim Boone recalls his experiences serving in the United States Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War. He recalls his growing up years and family members who served in the military, his education, and early experiences acting in several theatre groups in California. He enlisted in the Army, applied for Officer Candidate School, and a friend convinced him to ask for assignment in Special Forces. His first team included a number of World War II veterans from whom he learned a great deal. His unit deployed to Thailand in 1967 to train Thai special forces. He recalls his first combat experience, the advice he then received from his sergeant major, and rendering first aid to a Vietnamese schoolteacher who was seriously wounded in the attack. He describes several missions to recover downed pilots in Laos. He comments on how excellent the Thai special forces were and the superior intelligence they received. He describes "sniffer missions" and missions they undertook to spray the herbicide Agent Orange over the terrain. He recalls a mission to evacuate two seriously wounded men in which he was wounded and the helicopter in which he was riding was badly hit and crash landed at the nearest hospital facility. He describes his work with a Mobile Strike Force and recalls an incident in which he was relieved of command for disobeying orders to send a team through an area well known for enemy mines and describes the casualties they experienced when the commanding officer routed the team through the area anyway. He remembers seeing entertainers Martha Raye and Bob Hope and describes Raye's work helping wounded soldiers in an aid station. He describes his post-Vietnam tours working with then-Colonel Hal Moore developing the Army's Organizational Effectiveness School.
Nam Pung Dam
Thai Special Forces
1st Special Forces, 46th Company
“McNamara’s Wall”
MAC V
blood expander kit
Sergeant Major Fred Davis
“Jolly Green Giants”
“Loud Mouth Litter Bugs”
Project Sigma
ROK
sniffer missions
Mobile Strike Force Command (MIKE Force)
“Bucky” Burruss
Georgia Tech Military Affinity Group
Colonel Black
Tim Boone served in the United States Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/903
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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