Ellison, Richard Key, Phillip
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Vietnam Veteran Brother Phillip Key discusses being drafted and serving twenty-one months in Vietnam. Key recalls his first impressions of landing in Vietnam, and mentions the distinct smell, the fear, and the changes he saw his platoon go through as the plane landed amidst attack. Key describes a normal day and the juxtaposition of being black in Vietnam and the civil rights movement at home. He talks about forming a black identity while in Vietnam and beginning to question why he was there, forming stronger feelings that the war was unjust. Key also remembers the widespread availability of drugs in Vietnam and the infighting that occurred within the units.
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- African American Veterans
- African Americans
- Asian Influences
- Assassination
- Culture And Communication In Asia
- Government
- History
- Marijuana
- Marine Service
- Personal Narratives, American
- Politics And Government
- Race Relations
- Racism
- United States
- Veterans
- Vietnam
- Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
- Vietnam (Republic)
- Vietnam War, 1961 1975
- War And Society
- Women
- Women And War