Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Centennial Oral History Collection, 2012-2013
Oral history interviews conducted by students and staff, prior to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's Centennial in 2016. The interviews cover a wide range of topics related to the history of the school. Includes digital materials.
Dennis Klimpke Collection, 1965-2002
Photocopied correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs, and military records of a Vietnam War soldier from Colby, Wisconsin, Dennis Lee Klimpke. Klimpke was killed in action on April 15, 1968. He was posthumously awarded a Silver Star for gallantry in conduct, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart.
Eau Claire Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project, 1998
Collection of oral history interviews of Vietnam veterans living in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, conducted in 1998. Interview materials contain release of rights forms, program procedures, transcripts, and cassette tapes of interviews. Also includes a thesis on psychosocial readjustment of Eau Claire Vietnam veterans by Mark Hintz.
Howard Lutz Papers, circa 1951-1988
Interview with Donald Peterson, 1993
An oral history with a liberal leader in the Wisconsin Democratic Party during the 1960s-1970s, opposed to U.S. involvement in Vietnam, Donald Oliver Peterson. Topics covered are the presidential candidacy of Eugene McCarthy in 1969 and Peterson’s role in the Wisconsin primary, the Democratic National Convention, and the election.