The ongoing Chicano Experience in Vietnam project collects oral history interviews, photographs, documents, and other items related to Chicano Vietnam veterans. The project also incorporates the experiences of family and friends of Chicano veterans.
A short film featuring the oral histories conducted at Regis University for the Chicano Experience in Vietnam project is included in History Colorado's El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement in Colorado exhibit.
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Interview with Juan Espinosa, Vietnam Veteran
Keywords: Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force, military training, military service in Vietnam (1968), tactical aircraft maintenance, prisoners of war, assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Mexican Americans, anti-war sentiment, photography, Vietnam War protesters, Chicano movement, Ernesto Medina, Agent Orange
Year of Interview: 2015
Length: 01:22:24
Included in the The Chicano Experience in Vietnam collection.
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Interview with Richard Stanley Turja, Vietnam Veteran
Keywords: Hispanic Americans, Mexican Americans, family history, Pueblo, U.S. Army, military service in Vietnam (1969+1970), boot camp, helicopters in Vietnam, Vietnam War, combat
Year of Interview: 2015
Length: 01:42:21
Included in the The Chicano Experience in Vietnam collection.
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Interview with Jacob Fernandez, Vietnam Veteran
Keywords: Vietnam War, U.S. Marine Corps, military service in Vietnam (1968-1969), recruitment, combat, anti-war protests in the U.S., race relations in the military, Vietnamese soldiers, Project Transition, post-military transition to civilian life, veterans
Year of Interview: 2014
Length: 01:46:57
Included in the The Chicano Experience in Vietnam collection.
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Interview with Paul Bustam, Vietnam Veteran
Keywords: Vietnam War, U.S. Army, army medic, Vietnam (1969), combat, casualties, friendly fire, PTSD, military service (1969-1971), medals, family history, Hispanic Americans, Crusade for Justice
Year of Interview: 2014
Length: 1:41:50
Included in the The Chicano Experience in Vietnam collection.
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Interview with Ricardo E. LaFore, Vietnam Veterans Advocate
Keywords: Hispanic Americans, family history, mining, unions, social justice, Crusade for Justice, political activism, Chicano Movement, Vanguard Student Movement, Colorado Migrant Council, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, GI Forum, Vietnam Veterans
Year of Interview: 2014
Length: 01:25:26
Included in the The Chicano Experience in Vietnam collection.