James K. Gardner (Class of 1965) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War (AMS.1U.G8)

This collection contains an oral history interview of James K. Gardner (Class of 1965) by Professor Elizabeth Taylor at the John Hay Library on January 28, 2011 as part of the Vietnam Veteran's oral history project at Brown University. In the interview he relates his memories of Brown University during his undergraduate and graduate school days, noting how thing changed from 1965 to 1968. A majority of the interview focuses on his experiences as a Lieutenant in the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps before and during his assignment to Vietnam and the war. During the war he served in the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), a highly classified, multi-service United States special operations unit which, among other things, conducted covert unconventional warfare operations prior to and during the Vietnam War. It includes an audio recording of the interview and an edited typed transcription of the interview. A survey of questions to prompt James K. Gardner's memory include his initial responses, amended by Prof. Taylor with notes relevant to the question selected from the interview.

Correction: Frederic Read Chesebrough (1942-1967) was Class of 1964. He was known as "Derek" to peers and was President of Psi Upsilon. His last name has been misspelled as "Derek Chesborough" in James Gardner (1965) and Barry Kowalski's (1966) oral histories and profiles. Also, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Andersen (1931-1989), Brown Class of 1953, was spelled Lieutenant Colonel "Anderson" in Gardner's documentation.