Interview with Craig German

Abstract

Kendrick Dye and Samuel Walley interviewed Craig German on his military service and experience in Vietnam. German was born on June 1^st, 1944, and both his father and his grandfather had military experience. He graduated from Purdue University in Indiana in 1966 and was able to use Student Deferment during the draft for Vietnam to go to graduate school at South Dakota State University until 1968. He was then sent to Fort Dix for basic and advanced infantry training, then sent to OCS and Fort Bragg in 1969. German went to Vietnam in May of 1970, and shortly celebrated his 26^th birthday. He shared stories that ranged from humorous to tragic. German returned to the United States to Hawaii in February of 1971, and finally returned to Indiana in May of 1971. He then shares his views looking back on the war decades after his return.