Oral History Interview with Bierne Lovely
Title
Oral History Interview with Bierne Lovely
Narrator (written)
Bierne Lovely
Narrator First Name
Bierne
Narrator Last Name
Lovely
Interviewer
Emily Burack
Abstract
F. Beirne Lovely. Class of 1968. Oral history interview for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. Lovely discusses his time as a student at Dartmouth, his experience during the Vietnam War, and briefly about his career as a lawyer. While at Dartmouth Lovely participated in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), joined crew his freshman year, and joined rugby and Chi Heorot his sophomore year. Lovely switched from the Army to the Marine Corps upon graduating from Dartmouth. Lovely attended a six-month training at The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia before being deployed to Vietnam. He was a second lieutenant and requested to go into the infantry and was assigned to Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) 0302. He was first stationed at Khe Sanh and was tasked with expanding the perimeter and describes a particularly deadly attack on his unit. Lovely frequently describes the men in the Marine Corps as having done a remarkable job.
Date of Interview
February 10, 2016
Subject
Dartmouth Alumni
Dartmouth History
Military Service
Military Service (Marines)
Language
English
Rauner ID
DOH-477
Rights
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Interview Audio Source (MP3)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/lovely_beirne/lovely_beirne.mp3
Interview Transcript Source (PDF)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/lovely_beirne/lovely_beirne_transcript_final.pdf
HTML
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/lovely_beirne/lovely_beirne_transcript_final.html