Today is 13, november, 2015 and i am in the center for oral history with mr. Kenneth g. Carlson. How are you, sir . I am fine, thank you. Sir, could you please spell your last name for us carlson. Youre not the only carlson in your class, are you . I am not the only carlson in my class. Theres another guy with the same name, kenneth carlson, hes kenneth r. Carlson. He was a wrestler. Im kenneth g. Carlson. I was sort of a basketball player. Did that cause any problems for you . Absolutely. The day i reported into the gymnasium, i walked into the door with my little bag and the people who had the roster there said youve already signed in. I said, no, i havent, i just walked in the door the first time. They said kenneth carlson, you just youve already signed in. I said i really have not. And they said oh, my gosh, theres two of them, kenneth g. And keith r. So when we were in east barracks, i was getting his laundry, which was much too small for me, and he was getting my laundry. So now
Jack it seems ironic, that while our finest young men are fighting halfway across the world, other young men and women, sick at home, openly advocate abandonment of vietnam to communism. Perhaps they really dont know what this war is all about. [baby crying] jack in the words of a battle weary young marine, they would understand, if they crossed this 10,000 miles of ocean and lived with us. A day in vietnam. Jack this day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather, it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. To give you a deeper insight into this war and the way it is being fought, while the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and Marines Corps team that we will see first and today, down there in vietnam. We landed on the airfield at da nang. We will travel directly to the headquarters of the Third Marine Amphibious force for a briefing by the operations officer. Gentlemen, i will give
Did not understand what was happening in Southeast Asia and sets to try to promote the document thets and difficulties facing the marines and navy in a single day. It seems ironic, that while our finest young men are fighting halfway across the world, other young men and women, safe at home. Openly advocate abandonment of vietnam to communism. Perhaps they really dont know what this war is all about. In the words of a battle weary young marine, they would understand, if they crossed this ten thousand miles of ocean and lived with us. A day in vietnam. This day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. To give you a deeper insight into this war. And the way it is being fought. While the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and Marines Corps team that we will see first hand. Down there, in vietnam. We landed on the airfield at da nang. And will
Did not understand what was happening in Southeast Asia and sets to try to promote the document thets and difficulties facing the marines and navy in a single day. It seems ironic, that while our finest young men are fighting halfway across the world, other young men and women, safe at home. Openly advocate abandonment of vietnam to communism. Perhaps they really dont know what this war is all about. In the words of a battle weary young marine, they would understand, if they crossed this ten thousand miles of ocean and lived with us. A day in vietnam. This day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. To give you a deeper insight into this war. And the way it is being fought. While the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and Marines Corps team that we will see first hand. Down there, in vietnam. We landed on the airfield at da nang. And will
Jack it seems ironic, that while our finest young men are fighting halfway across the world, other young men and women, sick at home, openly advocate abandonment of vietnam to communism. Perhaps they really dont know what this war is all about. [baby crying] jack in the words of a battle weary young marine, they would understand, if they crossed this 10,000 miles of ocean and lived with us. A day in vietnam. Jack this day, this trip is not to delineate the why of vietnam, rather, it is to see the what and the how of our military operations. To give you a deeper insight into this war and the way it is being fought, while the coordinated effort of all americans in vietnam is vital to the success, it is the young men of our navy and Marines Corps team that we will see first and today, down there in vietnam. We landed on the airfield at da nang. We will travel directly to the headquarters of the Third Marine Amphibious force for a briefing by the operations officer. Gentlemen, i will give