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Oral History @ UF

This library guide provides information on oral history resources at the George A. Smathers Libraries and online.

From the Digital Archive

Interview with Jack G. Hand Jr., March 3, 2005 This is a transcript from an interview with Jack G. Hand, Jr., a Vietnam War veteran. He discusses his experiences going into the Army after law school and working in the Photo Interpretation Imagery Section during the Vietnam War. Hand recounts the ways in which his attitude towards Vietnam changed after he enlisted.
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Interview with Pam Morris, February 28, 2005 Pam Morris describes her experience as a volunteer nurse in Vietnam after having worked with the Indian Public Health Service.
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Interview with Scott Camil, February 23, 2005 Scott Camil, a Vietnam veteran, recounts his experiences growing up in Hialeah before moving to Gainesville, Florida, and enlisting in the Marine Corps.
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Related Interviews in the UF Digital Collections

The following interviews are in UF Digital Collections but are either not transcribed or unable to be downloaded. The Samuel Proctor History Program has a greater number of undigitized veterans-related interviews. To access interviews not located in UF Digital Collections, please contact SPOHP.

Online Resources

Military and Veterans Research and Resources at the National Archives

Library of Virginia Military Research Guide

U.S. Army Center of Military History

Library of Congress Veterans History Project

Sam Houston University Primary Source Collections

Research a Veteran, National WWII Museum

From the Collection

Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out Against the War by Matthew C. Gutmann
Call Number: Online Resource
ISBN: 0520947908
Publication Date: 2010
Defining the Peace: World War II Veterans, Race, and the Remaking of Southern Political Tradition by Jennifer E. Brooks
Call Number: Library West D810.V42 U63 2004
ISBN: 0807829110
Publication Date: 2004
Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South by Christopher S. Parker
Call Number: Library West E185.61 .P25 2009
ISBN: 0691140030
Publication Date: 2009
Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement by Gerald Nicosia
Call Number: Library West DS559.62.U6 N53 2001
ISBN: 0812991036
Publication Date: 2001
The Library of Congress Veterans History Project: Field Kit: Conducting and Preserving Interviews by Library of Congress, American Folklife Center
Call Number: Online Resource
Publication Date: 2007
Strong Hearts, Wounded Souls: Native American Veterans of the Vietnam War by Tom Holm
Call Number: Library West E98.W2 H64 1996
ISBN: 0292730950
Publication Date: 1995
The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth About U.S. War Crimes by Deborah Nelson
Call Number: Library West DS559.2 .N45 2008
ISBN: 9780465005277
Publication Date: 2008
Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War by Richard Stacewicz
Call Number: Library West DS559.5 .S72 1997
ISBN: 0805745793
Publication Date: 1997

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