Peggy Ploem oral history recording on the impact of the Vietnam War on HIllsboro

Title

Peggy Ploem oral history recording on the impact of the Vietnam War on HIllsboro

Description

An audio recording of an oral history of Peggy Ploem on the impact of the Vietnam War on Hillsboro. At the time of the Vietnam War, both Ms. Ploem and her family were Dutch nationals and not American citizens. Their son was classified Y-4 at the time, before the classification process was outlawed. Then, ROTC was recruiting high school seniors for officer training. The family recalls their first reaction when U.S. got involved in the Vietnam war was remembering General MacArthur

Contributor

Lynn, Chris

Creator

Ploem, Peggy

Date

2001

Is Part Of

Century High School collection

Format

Audiocassettes

Language

English

Identifier

WCM_OH_456

Subject

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American

Rights

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Extent

1 sound cassette (17 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

Type

Sound

Source

Washington County Museum