Interview with John Brindle

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with John Brindle

Subject

Air pilots
Brindle, John
Draft -- United States
Veterans -- United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives

Description

John Brindle was born in Indiana in 1947 and moved to Bainbridge and Fort Valley, Georgia where he graduated high school. Brindle moved back to Indiana to attend Ball State University and got drafted in November of 1967. He discusses his basic training at Fort Campbell in Kentucky and Fort Polk in Louisiana. He shares his experiences in the Vietnam War including active combat while serving as rifleman in C Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Division from 1968-1969. John returned home after Vietnam and worked for Delta Airlines for over 30 years.

Creator

Brindle, John
Mauney, Grady

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History

Date

2022-04-02

Rights

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

Format

sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

64167
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/64167

Extent

0:52:44(duration)
12(pages)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Brindle, John and Mauney, Grady, “Interview with John Brindle,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/64167.