Document Type

Oral History

Interviewee name

Christos J. Gianopoulos

Interviewer

John J. Springer

Interview date

7-6-1999

Interview location

Lewiston, Maine

Time

00:46:33

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Abstract

Christos Gianopoulos, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine, July 6, 1999. Gianopoulos speaks about his early life growing up in Sanford, Maine, enrolling in the ROTC in college, enlisting in 1964 knowing nothing about Vietnam, going to Fort Benning for training as an infantry officer and being assigned to be an instructor, his views of military service, and the general public perception of the military during Vietnam. Gianopoulos talks about working for the Agency for International Development and his view of the war and politics of the 1960s. Text: 39 pp. transcript. Time: 01:58:10.

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Disciplines

Military History | Oral History | United States History

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Male

Ethnicity

European-American

Occupation

Consultant

Branch of service

U.S. Army

Service Unit

25th Infantry Division

Dates of service

November 1964 – April 1967, Vietnam, May 1966 – February 1967

Date of entry

November 1964

Service entry

Commissioned

Location of Service

Battalion Headquarters, Pleiku, Vietnam

Wars & Conflicts

Vietnam War

Entry Rank

O-1 2nd Lieutenant

Highest Rank

O-2 1st Lieutenant

Exit Rank

O-2 1st Lieutenant

Names

McNamara; Bob Whalen; John Keegan; Ho Chi Minh; Nixon; Muskie; Humphrey; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Henry Kissinger; Fidel Castro; Omar Khadafi; Bill Cohen

Locations

Ogunquit; Cape Porpoise; Fort Benning, Georgia; Pleiku; Cambodia; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Thailand; Washington, D.C.; Panama; San Francisco; Hawaii; Guam; Saigon; Hong Kong; Quy Nhon; Boston

Headings

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; ROTC; Human wave attack; Notification of death

Collection name

Maine Vietnam Veterans Oral History

Collection number

MF224

Item number

NA4496

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Christos Gianopoulos, interviewed by John J. Springer, Part 2

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