- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Dominick Fanelli
- Creator:
- Bruckner, William Joseph, 1944-
King, Cary
VerHoef, Sue Hardy
Fanelli, Dominick, 1945- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2022-04-13
2022 - Subject:
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Basic training (Military education)--United States
T-37 (Training plane)
Phantom II (Jet fighter plane)
Operation Rolling Thunder, 1965-1968
United States. Air Force - Location:
- United States, New York, Queens County, Queens, 40.68149, -73.83652
United States, Texas, Bexar County, Lackland Air Force Base, 29.38663, -98.61797
United States, Texas, Howard County, Big Spring, Webb Air Force Base, 32.21556, -101.5225
Vietnam, Cam Ranh Bay, 11.893334, 109.170167 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, Dominick Fanelli shares his experiences as an aircraft mechanic in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He recalls growing up as an Italian Catholic in Queens, New York and not knowing any English until he started grade school. He describes his high school experience and meeting with an Air Force recruiter shortly after graduating. He discusses his training to become an aircraft mechanic before heading to Thailand to participate in Operation Rolling Thunder. He recounts his reassignment to Vietnam and his first impressions of the country including the heat and dampness. Fanelli outlines his duties as Crew Chief and describes the processes of aircraft maintenance. He tells of incidents on base, his R&R experience, helping set up a Vietnamese orphanage, and being treated poorly when he arrived back home. He describes his career after his service including charitable work and jobs at Pan Am, Lockheed, and Northwest Airlines.
Aircraft mechanic; DC-3; Viet Cong; Booby traps; Honor flight; Quilts of Valor; Pan American World Airways; Lockheed; Northwest Airlines;
Dominick Fanelli served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/917
- 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:
- 35:10
- 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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