Oral History Interview with Jeff Hinman
Title
Oral History Interview with Jeff Hinman
Narrator (written)
Jeff Hinman
Narrator First Name
Jeff
Narrator Last Name
Hinman
Interviewer
Emily Cummings
Abstract
Hinman, Jeffrey H. Dartmouth College Class of ’68. Oral history interview documenting his experiences growing up in Rome, New York, near Fort Stanwix; living among military personnel; the ROTC protests in Dartmouth; getting drafted into the US Army; his time at Fort Dix; rejecting military pressure to buy Savings Bonds; his service as an infantryman in the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne in Vietnam, then as an photographer/correspondent in the 25th Infantry Division; his receipt of a "Congressional Inquiry" regarding his suitability for infantry service; racial relations within his infantry company, and the predominantly African-American mortar platoon; interactions with local Vietnamese in villages; experiencing little war action but learning about U.S. soldiers hurting themselves through their own military mistakes; watching the interrogation and waterboarding of a NVA/VC soldier; being ordered to photograph dead enemy soldiers; service as an assistant battalion legal clerk at Fort Carson; coming home from the war and his experiences with the Veterans Reading Group.
Date of Interview
August 18, 2015
Subject
Dartmouth Alumni
Dartmouth History
Protest/Antiwar Activism
Military Service
Military Service (Army)
Language
English
Rauner ID
DOH-455
Rights
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Interview Audio Source (MP3)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/hinman_jeffrey/hinman_jeffrey.mp3
Interview Transcript Source (PDF)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/hinman_jeffrey/hinman_jeffrey_transcript_final.pdf
HTML
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/hinman_jeffrey/hinman_jeffrey_transcript_final.html