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Richard Francis Dundon's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center 

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Catalog Number: VIS 201.0514
THIS INTERVIEW CONTAINS PROFANITY In this interview, Richard Francis Dundon relates his experiences in the United States Army in Vietnam. He describes his childhood, his parents, and his early education. He tells of his three uncles who all attained the rank of colonel, including Harry Atwood, who was awarded the Croix de Guerre during World War I. He explains his entry into the Army and his training. He discusses his entry into Vietnam and his unit. He relates stories of their experiences in combat. He describes going on R&R to Hong Kong and Australia. He references “The Embers of War” by Fred Logevall as well as “Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles.

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16 июн 2024

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Комментарии : 44   
@danmurphy4472
@danmurphy4472 3 года назад
Thank You Mr. Dundon for your Service and Dedication to our Country during a very difficult time......I am PROUD to live in a country with MEN like yourself !!.......all you Vietnam Combat Veterans are HERO'S as far as I'm concerned !!.....God Bless ALL of you !!.......WELCOME HOME SIR !!
@AllAroundAtlanta
@AllAroundAtlanta Год назад
Thank you for telling your story! Nice guy and great story teller. Sorry for your losses.
@eancurtis9333
@eancurtis9333 Год назад
Amazing story 🙏
@teresalundy532
@teresalundy532 Год назад
Thank you for your service to your country this is a good interview
@glenncsr.88
@glenncsr.88 5 лет назад
Very good interview.One of the best I have seen.
@briangillis3174
@briangillis3174 2 года назад
Thank you so much sir For your service and and your story
@centralbears3010
@centralbears3010 2 года назад
"If you don't have memories, you don't have anything"; I'll remember that one. This is one of the best interviews I've heard. This AMERICAN is the best story teller and there is no way in hell I would have taken that final offer.
@peteschiavoni
@peteschiavoni 4 года назад
Thanks for sharing Rich! Some funny stories!
@wgm6
@wgm6 4 года назад
Very candid. I love it.
@fritzbucher4726
@fritzbucher4726 4 года назад
Thank you for your service sir. I love that you carried a Randall. I was lucky when I was younger to go to the museum at the Randall shop and read some of the letters they received from soldiers serving in country. Thank you again for your service. God bless
@BRADLEY856
@BRADLEY856 Год назад
It’s a few years after the interview just now. I’m at 34:02. Good on you Rich. It’s tough and those bloody memories aren’t all good, mate cheers
@burtthebeast4239
@burtthebeast4239 3 года назад
Thank you Sir.
@airdrop1670
@airdrop1670 4 года назад
Operation Arc Light. During Operation Arc Light (Arc Light, and sometimes Arclight) from 1965 to 1973, the United States deployed B-52F Stratofortresses from bases in the US to Guam to provide close air support to ground combat operations in Vietnam.
@IntheBlood67
@IntheBlood67 Год назад
Refreshing HONESTY! "Take two Salt Tablets" and drive on! Welcome Home,Brother!
@grantvanzyl
@grantvanzyl 2 года назад
Very cool interview 👍
@frankhiggins9850
@frankhiggins9850 3 года назад
Great interview
@stephenmcgraw8871
@stephenmcgraw8871 4 года назад
another amazing interview EXCEPT for the NOSE problems!!Can it be fixed?
@Households1234
@Households1234 2 года назад
Interviewers mic is too loud…can hear his breathing.. the interviewers audio should be blended on the same track not separated on a single channel.
@danthedewman1
@danthedewman1 4 года назад
Ive said it before....before the interview starts give these guys a bottle of water.
@samx9024
@samx9024 5 лет назад
Integrity, thank you.
@stanpressley5784
@stanpressley5784 4 года назад
A good interview except for your mic and snot nose why did you not take it off when not asking a question?
@DavidHarris-jy4pp
@DavidHarris-jy4pp 4 года назад
Arghhh, the head cold is killing me. I came here to make a small remark about how that's all I could hear, but it's been commented on already haha. This guys story sounds really good, but i can't take it anymore...
@jonmorton395
@jonmorton395 4 года назад
Arc light probably refers to a flash of light like that of a welder. Striking a arc
@edevans673
@edevans673 3 года назад
Arclight were the B-52 flying from Guam to Vietnam. It is just a codeword, not classified. These are the same planes that were being shot down due to command unwillingness to change processes. I know the man who fixed it, very very late when they actually listened. Sad, that.
@wgm6
@wgm6 4 года назад
The runny nose is just normal talk comversation. His story is what's important not the cold.
@forwardobserver2048
@forwardobserver2048 3 года назад
Extra year for OCS.
@robertdegrandpre2455
@robertdegrandpre2455 2 года назад
This guy Dundon is a good story teller, but with the interviewer breathing down his cold in the microphone simply ruins it! Tood bad because his story is compelling!
@ronaldstarkey4336
@ronaldstarkey4336 4 года назад
I thought it was pearls... but it's snot... lol
@patrickmahony8641
@patrickmahony8641 2 года назад
I listen to a lot of these interviews and have great respect for these warriors even though they were manipulated into war because they were young ...one thing I have noticed is why do they have such a bad cough? Is it normal of Americans of such age or have these men been exposed to something ?
@paulprigge1209
@paulprigge1209 2 года назад
They Are constantly talking and their throats are getting really dry. Not give them anything to drink while they’re interviewing.
@ronaldwarren5220
@ronaldwarren5220 2 года назад
Welcome home brother. USARV Special Troops 68/69 with much safer duty than you
@wetley09
@wetley09 4 года назад
Thanks guys didnt notice the cold until I read the comments. Now I cant hear anything else! 🙄
@aceroadholder2185
@aceroadholder2185 4 года назад
Chicken Man... He's everywhere! He's everywhere! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bDDoSb73rA8.html
@jackhass9421
@jackhass9421 5 лет назад
Unfortunate that the interviewer's labored breathing and running nose are such a distraction.
@777poco
@777poco 3 года назад
who gives a crap about profanity, this a soldier talking, he could swear all he wants
@topgeardel
@topgeardel 3 года назад
I don't watch these videos that keep popping up on my RU-vid. But I hope he's saying something about why veterans were not accepted well by the American public when they returned. As a collective group, the US military was racking up an image of unacceptable collateral damage involving the lives and property of innocent civilian Vietnamese...both South & North. As one sick veteran stated on one of these BS videos...he knew he knowingly killed innocent civilians..."but he didn't feel anything" doing it. (Gee, that sounds like a war crime). We were exposed to highly publicized massacres by Americans. Last but not least, we were hearing about the mutiny of American servicemen against their own US officers. It was called "fragging". An estimated 800-1000 documented or suspected incidents of attempts to kill US officers to avoid a mission. This occurred over many years of the whole war. Can you imagine losing a loved one in Vietnam b/c of that? So...maybe that's why the American public didn't treat them like heroes....like they think they should have. I'm very proud that I am a Vietnam Draft resistor. I sure as he$$ didn't miss anything. I actually did my country a patriotic duty and favor.
@jimmyandkathyharrell
@jimmyandkathyharrell 3 года назад
Thank you Richard. Could have done without the vulgarity!
@robertjennings397
@robertjennings397 3 года назад
Ass talk better.
@jimmyandkathyharrell
@jimmyandkathyharrell 3 года назад
@@robertjennings397 needs to clean up his language
@robertjennings397
@robertjennings397 3 года назад
@@jimmyandkathyharrell Risk your life in combat and tell me about demonstrative verbs.
@jimmyandkathyharrell
@jimmyandkathyharrell 3 года назад
@@robertjennings397 not talking about while he was in combat! We all used that language while in certain situations. Not appropriate on this video which will be available for all age groups to watch/hear in perpetuity.
@robertjennings397
@robertjennings397 3 года назад
@@jimmyandkathyharrell For warned is for armed.
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