Charles L. Singleton's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
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Catalog number: VIS 201.0717
In this interview, Charles Singleton recalls his experiences serving in the United States Army in the Vietnam War. He remembers growing up on a farm in South Carolina and describes family members and ancestors who served in the military, including a cousin who was killed in action in Vietnam. He recalls his education; teaching junior high school in Brooklyn, New York; and being drafted. He remembers his training; getting orders to Vietnam; and his impressions upon arrival, including seeing all the body bags at the airport. He describes his unit; how his platoon leader mentored him; and how young his fellow soldiers were. He recalls being in several ambushes and firefights and describes those experiences as well as his interactions with the indigenous Montagnard people and the Cambodian scout with whom his unit worked. He describes going home at the end of his tour and his post-military life and activities. He recalls experiences he had in college at the time of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and reflects on the racial composition of his unit in Vietnam and how much the men depended on each other.
What a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for sharing. What a fine individual who just naturally sees the bright side of every situation.
A MAN OF HONOR AND DISTINCTION. THANK YOU, SIR.
One of the best interviews of the series.
Great Story!
Remarkable interview! What a gentleman…..and a hero
Listening to a great man while reading the comments and coming across that he recently died. My appreciation for the effort by those making these recordings possible. Every person has a unique story.
Great story by a great story teller. Thanks for serving shake N Bake!
Thank you for your service and welcome home.
What a remarkable Man and True American Patriot! Welcome Home.
Yep this is by far one of the best interviewes by a veteran I have watched by a long way you sir are a hero
R I P Sir Thank you for my freedoms.🙏🙏🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Thank You SIR.......you're the reason I'm proud to call myself an American !!........Welcome Home Brother.
My mum and brother were English teachers. Great respect for this guys innovative teaching. Who's not interested in the menu?? Love it.
Welcome home sir! Thank you for your service!
After listening to a lot of interviews I’m guessing 30 or 40. This is one of the best ones! Wow!
MR Singleton , youre an Excellent Storyteller !
Great Story! True American!
Welcome home Charles..thank you for your service ..I was in nam 68/69 11 bravo 25th infantry division…
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Rest in peace cousin. You will always be in my heart and a family hero
We are so very sorry to hear of his passing.
He is a teacher. Teaching kids to read. He's a world hero.
Loved your story about the "10 yards" delay until you raced your son!
a real man
R.I.P. Dr. Singleton, one of the finest story tellers I've had the honor of hearing speak of their war experiences. Your commitment to your country and its defense, as well as to its youth cannot be underestimated nor forgotten.
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Charles is an excellent communicator. Great guy.
Thank you sir for your service, this is a favorite interview. Excellent communicator!
This is incredible and interesting 😯
Big life, big guy = hero
In a tight group/unit, nicknames always makes us smile and love each other's skills/qualities/uniqueness/respect more....also makes us strive to change the nickname if we don't like it!!!🤣
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Amazing interview!!! His charisma made it so interesting!
I love your interview! Nice man. I have two PH, one friendly fire - don’t want that. Wish I had a chance to meet you.
Did he write a book called "the healing game"?
I hate you can hear the interviewer breathe the whole time. Man, this guy deserves better!
To “shackle” what does that mean?
Love John Lee Hooker
In all of the interviews I’ve listened to I haven’t heard any of you apologies for what you and your friends did to those poor people and their country .
And you never will
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😮Alot of those young men who were DRAFTED and did not have a say in the matter experienced situations where they did not even know who the enemy was. The enemy at times would use children to get a kill.😮 The media did our soldiers a GRACE disservice covering that war the way some of them did and only showed one side while our young men, alot of them just graduating high school were facing enemy fire as well as friendly fire on a daily basis.😮 I wonder what alot of us would have done if we were suddenly greeted by an ambush seemingly out of nowhere! encountering an enemy who suddenly popped up on u from underground. Sure some unsavory things occurred over there, that should not have, on both sides, but alot of our soldiers served honorably and do not deserve our disdain but our prayers😮 Because none of us know what we would have done had it been us who'd received the draft notice and only months later be possibly dropped into a hot LZ with zero combat experience. 😮😮Speaking the truth in love, I ask this question: who are we to judge them so harshly, really? 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮