Oral History Interview with John Morton
Title
Oral History Interview with John Morton
Narrator (written)
John Morton
Narrator First Name
John
Narrator Last Name
Morton
Interviewer
Brad Geismar
Abstract
John M. Morton, Head Coach, Dartmouth Skiing, 1978-1989. Oral history interview documenting his athletic career and his military service during the Vietnam War. Morton describes his years as an undergraduate at Middlebury College, including participation in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and the ski team. He discusses infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia, after graduation, as well as the two years he spent stationed at Fort Richardson, Alaska, while training to compete in the biathlon in the Olympics. Morton describes how his Olympic training was interrupted by orders to deploy to Vietnam, and details his service leading a Mobile Advisory Team (MAT) in the Mekong Delta, and later working as an instructor at a school for Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) advisers. He discusses returning to the United States after his tour in Vietnam and resuming his Olympic training at the Biathlon Training Center. Morton details his career as an Olympic biathlete and his time as head coach of Dartmouth Skiing.
Date of Interview
August 11, 2015
Subject
Dartmouth Faculty
Dartmouth History
Military Service
Military Service (Army)
Language
English
Rauner ID
DOH-457
Rights
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Interview Audio Source (MP3)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/morton_john/morton_john.mp3
Interview Transcript Source (PDF)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/morton_john/morton_john_transcript_final.pdf
HTML
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/morton_john/morton_john_transcript_final.html