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Barry F. Kowalski (Class of 1966) oral history and papers relating to the Vietnam War
This collection contains the oral history interview of Barry Kowalski, Class of 1966, by Professor Beth Taylor of Brown University for the Vietnam Veterans Archive collection and related documents and objects. The interview was by telephone, on February 21, 2011. The interview draws on Barry Kowalski’s recollections of his years at Brown (1962 to 1966, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science), and his military training and experiences in Vietnam. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in the fall of 1966, and attended the Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia before receiving his commission. He wanted a non-combat position as a transport, communications, or supply officer—Military Operations Specialists (MOS), but he and his whole class were given commissions as infantry officers. He was in Vietnam from November 1967 - Summer 1968. Barry was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. for his second and final year of service. There are some recollections about his return to the United States during the war era. In 1973, Barry earned his JD from Catholic University Law School. Since 1980, he has been a lawyer for the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. He has helped prosecute cases including the Rodney King beating and the last Department of Justice investigation of the Martin Luther King Assassination.
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U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam military map with handwritten notations of troop locations/DMZ
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![The Advocates "Should President Nixon pardon Lieutenant Calley" [My Lai Massacre] transcription of WGBH Boston progra...](https://repository.library.brown.edu/viewers/image/medium/bdr:404841)
The Advocates "Should President Nixon pardon Lieutenant Calley" [My Lai Massacre] transcription of WGBH Boston program that aired on 1971 April 13
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Oral History CD-Interview with Barry F. Kowalski Intro, Parts 1 & 2 (3 mp3 files/1 CD-Rom)
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Oral History CD-Interview with Barry F. Kowalski Intro, Parts 1 & 2 (3 mp3 files/1 CD-Rom)
Brown University
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Oral History CD-Interview with Barry F. Kowalski Intro, Parts 1 & 2 (3 mp3 files/1 CD-Rom)
Brown University
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North Vietnamese Army helmet, green (likely collected as a souvenir from enterprising Vietnamese not from a battlefield)
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Marine Corps dress whites with cover (hat) worn before and after Vietnam by Barry Kowalski
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Jungle boots, 1 pair worn by Barry F. Kowalski
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![Black and white photo sheet : scanned photographs [4] Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) ...](https://repository.library.brown.edu/viewers/image/medium/bdr:404839)
Black and white photo sheet : scanned photographs [4] Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) Quang Tri Province
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Barry Kowalski being awarded Vietnamese Medal of Honor for service by Major Trung, counterpart whom he advised.
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Background survey completed by Barry Kowalski
Brown University
Brief email exchange between Prof. Beth Taylor and Barry Kowalski. Discussion of interview schedule; the book "Boys of '66," in which Kowalski is a character; David Taylor; Derek Chesebrough '65. Brief email exchange between Prof. Beth Taylor and Barry Kowalski. Discussion of interview schedule; the book "Boys of '66," in which Kowalski is a character; David Taylor; Derek Chesebrough '65. Digital object made available by : Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts , Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)