Storyteller: Schwabe, Charles 12-12-2018

Interviewer: Bertalot, Lorretta

Language: English

Initiative: Tulsans Talk

Description: Lorretta Bertalot interviews Charles Schwabe about how his life in Vietnam influenced his future including becoming an attorney and writing a book about Vietnam, Fading Away: An Aging Infantry Veteran's Remembrances.

Subjects: Will Rogers High School, Oklahoma State University, NRA, ROTC, Fort Sill, Fort Benning, GA, Army Commission, writing about experiences was cathartic, canals dug by French, footbridges of bamboo, advisors embedded with Vietnamese, weapons, sea rations, Battle of Moral Village, Ton Ton Village, Major Quinn, 32nd Battalion, veterans return, MLK and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, 3rd Bigrade 82nd Airbourne Division, 1973 Peace Negotiations, and N. Vietnam Viet Cong, R&R, TU Law School, business law, Judge Advocate Officer for Army, Dog Tracker story, Thank you for your service!