Listen to the following veterans' interviews from the website below (about 3 hours total)
Source: Witness to War: Preserving the Oran Histories of Combat Veterans. URL listed below. Accessed 17
November 2018.
http://www.witnesstowar.org/
World War II - William Forbes, 1st Platoon, C Company, 12th Infantry Regiment - 4 total videos - about 22
minutes
Korean War - Gene Owen, 43 Armored Infantry Battalion - 11 total videos - about 42 minutes
Vietnam War - Al Copeland, A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade, 6 videos,
about 25 minutes
Vietnam War - Mac Armstrong, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, (ONLY 4 Vietnam videos required), - about 31
minutes
Afghan/Iraqi Wars - Ken Morgenthaler - Operation Desert Storm - 7 videos - about 55 minutes
When citing these videos without titles, please just use the name of the veteran and the total length of the
specific video with the timestamp you are referring to. Example - (Ken Morgenthaler 5:09 video at 2:37
timestamp). I just want to be able to find your reference point if necessary.
- Describe what it was like serving in the military in the 20th century from what these individuals spoke
about. - What similarities do you see in the experiences of the combatants in these various wars/conflicts?
- What differences do you see in the experiences of the combatants of these various wars/conflicts?
- Use specific evidence from the videos to discuss what each learned about war and life. How did their
experiences affect them? - From what you have read in our textbook or other places and heard in class this semester or other
courses, do you feel each of these wars were justified? Why or why not? Cite specific evidence from the
website, our course readings, lectures, or other materials.