Background Info

1. When were you born?

2. Where did you grow up?
3. What was happening in your life before you entered the service?
4. Did you have any other family members that served? If yes, who where they?
Siblings? Parents?
5. Were you drafted or did you enlist? If you enlisted, why did you decide to join?

Early Days of Service

6. What year did you enter the service?
7. How long did you serve?
8. Where were you stationed in service? Did you ever end up moving?
9. Which branch of military did you serve?
10. Why did you decide to join that particular branch?
11. At what point in the Vietnam War did you serve?

Wartime Service
12. What did your average day look like in the service?
13. How did you react when you first saw combat?
14. Did you make any close relationships while in the service?
15. What did you spend your time doing during your free-time?

Wars End and Homecoming

16. When you returned home, were you treated any differently than before?
17. Do you remember the day that you departed and finished your service, if so
when was that?
18. How did you feel departing the military?
19. How difficult was it for you to come home to your family?

Reflections on Service
20. Is there anyone in the service that you kept contact with after you served?
21. Would you say that you have changed as a person after you returned, if so,
how have you changed?
22. Would you mind sharing the moment that most terrified you?
23. Did your experience, in the military, change how you feel about war?
24. Is there anything you would like to share anything else we have not
covered in this interview?