John Francis Dowd's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center

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Catalog Number: VIS 201.0624
In this interview, John Francis Dowd relates his experiences in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He describes his family, including his father, who fought in World War II and later became a professor of educational psychology. He tells of studying forestry in California and rock climbing in Colorado. He explains how he entered the Army and of being trained for potential riot control after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. He describes his entry into Vietnam and what his duties were, including acting as an advisor to a Vietnamese Ranger group. He recalls excursions into Cambodia and being wounded. He discusses his next assignment working in a NATO training exercise where he parachuted into Bavaria. He also trained with Greek Special Forces. He describes his post-military education where he earned advanced degrees in hydrology at Yale University. He displays several mementos, including his fathers Combat Infantry Badge and jump wings.

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@jamc9459 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and thank you for coming home. God bless you. Aloha, J

@rubycollins3492 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service

@burtthebeast4239 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir, God bless you...

@kennethprice5628 3 жыл бұрын

I am a 68 yo Navy Veteran who salutes every Vietnam Veteran I encounter...thank you Sir for your service and God bless you

@jimmyandkathyharrell 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing person! Thank you John!

@pamnichols7877 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your interview!!!!!! I’m amazed at your intelligence, wit, and your passion for education after getting home. God bless you!!!!!

@rali4850 4 жыл бұрын

Dude is a real badass, hardcore to the bone but looks and talks as harmless as a kitten

@IrishTechnicalThinker 3 жыл бұрын

I'm Irish non military and love listening to these but I lived in NewHampshire for about 3 months and didn't want to leave. Definitely an Irish spirit all over the land there.

@ballsackramen7842 2 жыл бұрын

It's truly amazing how the military finishes building a man and by the way this is one of my , actually my favorite interviewer from this group in Atlanta

@ce8794 3 жыл бұрын

What an a amazing guy! Great interview!

@funkynassau..4881 2 жыл бұрын

Please tell me what is SO AMAZING about this guy ?

@funkynassau..4881 Жыл бұрын

Are you smoking crack...or his boyfriend ??!!!!!

@51011 4 жыл бұрын

Love this channel and the interviews!

@charlieporch3181 4 жыл бұрын

Best interview so far .🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🤛🏻🤛🏻🤛🏻🤛🏻

@777poco 2 жыл бұрын

this ex soldier was quite a character, very interesting video

@IntheBlood67 Жыл бұрын

"Take two salt tabets and drive on"!

@matabeleman 4 жыл бұрын

interesting man..

@rider660r 3 жыл бұрын

At the right places at the right times... I sort of had a experience like his at the end in the book. Mine was different though.Back in 2002 I had to have back surgery and had a doctor by the name Carroll P Osgood Jr..Had to have a couple discs fused.Then around '06 I was reading a new book I picked up (can't remember the name or author now) of a soldiers time in Vietnam.Somewhere towards the end he was wounded and the Battalion Surgeon who worked on him was the same Carroll P. Osgood Jr. 1st Bn., 35th Inf., 3rd Bde., 25th Inf. Div that later operated on me. In 2002 he was still doing meatball surgery for spinal injuries and apparently still looks like he's in practice today but moved onto brain surgery.......He has to be in his 90's.After what he did to me he shouldn't been in practice then. Hope that author made out better in the mid/late 60's than I had in 2002,3rd surgery in '15 and it's still awful,think it all stems from his 1 time with a knife in me.Not only the pain and inability to do anything but it looks like I caught a 40mm to the gut that was only supposed to be a 6" incision.I can only imagine how the poor Viets in around Duc Pho fared.