Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
John Springer
Interview date
6-24-1999
Interview location
Greene, Maine
Time
00:46:47
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Abstract
Roger Hamann, interviewed by John Springer at Hamman's home in Greene, Maine, June 24, 1999. Hamann discusses his family’s views of the military when he was growing up in Lewiston, volunteering for the Air Force when it became clear he would likely be drafted, learning that he was to be deployed because he could speak French, survival, and POW training, meeting other Mainers at Hau Bon Royal Thai Air Force Base, and his experiences being stationed in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Text: 40 pp. transcript, 2 pp. administrative. Total time: 01:44:59
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Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History
Location
Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Franco-American
Occupation
Construction; Cabinetmaker
Civic groups
VFW, Rustic Forward Air Controller Association, Air Force Memorial
Branch of service
U.S. Air Force
Service Unit
42nd Supply Squadron, Fuel Supervisor
Dates of service
1970-1974
Date of entry
1970
Service entry
Enlisted
Location of Service
Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, Ninh Thuận, Vietnam; Ubon Ratchathani, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand
Awards & Ribbons
Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal; Air Force Presidential Unit Citation; Air Force Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon; Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Wars & Conflicts
Vietnam War
Battles & Engagements
1970–1970, Vietnam War, Southwest Monsoon Campaign (1970); 1973, Non-operation sorties/missions over Cambodia
Entry Rank
E-1 Airman Basic
Highest Rank
E-5 Staff Sergeant
Exit Rank
E-5 Staff Sergeant
Names
Jean Louis Hamann, Lt. Tom Clinch; Colonel Um; Captain Sam Sock; Captain Wood; President Richard Nixon; President Clinton; Saddam Hussein; Dith Pran; Haing Ngor; Gene Hackman
Locations
Lewiston, Maine; Ohio; Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington; Philippines; Phan Rang Air Force Base, South Vietnam; Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand; Cambodia; Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas; Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Maine; Spokan, Washington; South Carolina; Bien Hoa Air Force Base, Vietnam; Saigon; Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia; Kampong Thom, Cambodia; Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Sanford, Maine; Fort Kent; Ho Chi Minh Trail; Austin, Texas; Rochester, New York; Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Navada; Cam Ranh Bay; Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base, Vietnam; Bates College; Caribou, Maine; Mekong; Philadelphia; Dixfield, Maine; Washington, D.C.; United States; North Vietnam
Headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States Air Force; Translators; Comradeship
Collection name
Maine Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Collection number
MF224
Item number
NA4433
Recommended Citation
Hamann, Roger, "Roger Hamann, interviewed by John Springer, Part 1" (2023). MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History. 18.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ne_vietnam_vets/18
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Comments
1970 Basic Military Training (Lackland AFB, TX), 3708/0672
1970-1971 379th Supply Squadron, Airman, Fuel Specialist
1970-1974 Strategic Air Command (SAC)
1971-1971 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron, Airman 1st Class, Language specialist
October 1971-November 1971 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron, Airman 1st Class, Language Specialist
1971-1972 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Sergeant, Voice Processing Specialist
1972-1974 42nd Supply Squadron, Staff Sergeant, Fuel Supervisor