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Oral Histories: Scott Carpenter
Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter – one of America’s first men in space – was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Carpenter was the fourth American in space, and the second to orbit the Earth.
This interview was conducted in 1999 by Roy Neal – longtime NBC News reporter and correspondent who covered the American manned space program. More »
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Oral Histories: Scott Carpenter
Saturday     Vail, Colorado

Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter – one of America’s first men in space – was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Carpenter was the fourth American in space, and the second to orbit the Earth.
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Oral Histories: Alan Shepard
Saturday, May 12, 2012     Pebble Beach, California

Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Shepard was the first American in space, and the fifth man to walk on the Moon.
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Oral Histories: Laurence Silberman Part II
Saturday, May 5, 2012     Washington, DC

Laurence Silberman served as the Undersecretary of Labor during the Nixon Administration -- and was later named Deputy Attorney General after the "Saturday Night Massacre." In excerpts from this oral history recorded for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, he discusses labor policies and politics from that era, the aftermath of President Nixon's 1972 re-election, and his suspicions that the president was involved in Watergate.
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Oral Histories: Laurence Silberman
Saturday, April 28, 2012     Washington, DC

Laurence Silberman served as the Undersecretary of Labor during the Nixon Administration. In this oral history recorded for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Silberman discusses labor policies from that era including affirmative action and the development of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration – also known as OSHA.
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Oral Histories: Charles Colson
Sunday, April 22, 2012     Washington, DC

Charles Colson – who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon – died on Saturday at the age of 80. In 2007 and 2008, he sat down with Timothy Naftali of the Nixon Presidential Library for two extended oral history interviews.
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Oral Histories: Tracy Black Enders
Saturday, April 21, 2012     Washington, DC

Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles – waged in November 1965 – that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans – outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army – prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Next, an interview with Tracy Black Enders, daughter of Charlie Black, a reporter for the Columbus Ledger Enquirer who was embedded with the 7^th Cavalry during the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley.
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Oral Histories: Enrique Pujals
Saturday, April 21, 2012     Washington, DC

Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles – waged in November 1965 – that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans – outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army – prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Enrique Pujals was a 2^nd lieutenant and a platoon leader with 2^nd Battalion, 7^thCavalry in the fall of 1965. His platoon got into the fight at Landing Zone X-Ray – where his men were first hit with friendly fire.
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Oral Histories: Ramon Antonio Nadal
Saturday, April 7, 2012     Washington, DC

Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles – waged in November 1965 – that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans – outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army – prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Next, an interview with Tony Nadal, Commander of Company A, who was the only commander in the Battles of Ia Drang with Vietnam combat experience.
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Oral Histories: Harold Moore
Saturday, March 3, 2012     Washington, DC

In 2005, the Vietnam Center and Archive interviewed veterans from the 1965 Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was the first full scale battle between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam. Harold Moore was the commanding officer on the ground with the 1^st Battalion, 7^th Cavalry Regiment. It was after this battle that the Vietnamese communist forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. In this interview we hear Moore on the nature of war and leadership and his recollections of the battle that he knew would reverberate in Washington, DC and Hanoi.
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Oral Histories: Bill Beck
Saturday, March 31, 2012     Washington, DC

Former U.S. Army machine gunner Bill Beck earned the Silver Star for his actions during the November 1965 Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. This was the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People's Army of Vietnam. This oral history was recorded by the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
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