Oral history transcript, Lewis W. Walt, interview 1 (I), 1/24/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Lewis W. Walt, interview 1 (I), 1/24/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Biographical information; effects of Presidential visit on Vietnam troops; infantry organization; pacification efforts; two mission of North Vietnamese Army; intelligence reports; guerilla warfare problems; Communist destruction of South Vietnamese leadership; role of media; Jim Lucas; Bob Miller; LBJ’s interest in the war; political factors; General Shoup; Marine Corps; voluntary forces; Marine Corps oral history project; June 1967 conference with LBJ; trip to West Coast with LBJ during TET Offensive; Khe Sanh; military effect of partial bombing half on area next to DMZ; high morale in Marine Corps.

Contributor:

Walt, Lewis W., 1913-1989

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Lewis W. Walt

Subject:

Vietnam; Tet Offensive, 1968

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details