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Title
John Hamilton
Memories of the 7th Marines in Viet Nam
Contributor
Chuang, Chu-Yin
Lam, Joanna
McDonald, Tyler
White, Keith
Deane, Rachel
Cohen, Benjamin
Ivanescu, Nicolae
Date Created and/or Issued
2011-04
Publication Information
http://anotherwarmemorial.com/john-hamilton/
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
An Other War Memorial -- Memories of the American War in Viet Nam
Rights Information
Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description
Chu-Yin Chuang is a 4th year Architecture student from Taiwan. Joanna Lam is a 4th year Architecture student from Hong Kong.
Keith White is a Senior at USC, majoring in Kinesiology: Human Performance.
Benjamin Cohen is a Senior at USC, majoring in Writing for Screen and Television.
Nicolae Ivanescu is a senior majoring in Entrepreneurship at USC. He is the founder and CEO of justhearit.com, an on-demand music streaming service.
Tyler McDonald is a senior majoring in History.
Rachel Deane is a senior majoring in BCT. [Profiler bio]
John Hamilton was born in Detroit, Michigan in June of 1946. He was a former lance corporal and sergeant for the United States Marine Corps. John joined the military as a career and he became a radio operator in an artillery battalion. John served two tours of duty in the Viet Nam War. He was stationed in Chu Lai and Da Nang. In 1965, John was sent on his first tour in Viet Nam at the age of 19 years old. John worked with the infantry units, on foot, and was responsible for radioing in enemy positions for artillery strikes. John returned to the U.S. after a year in Viet Nam and was stationed in North Carolina. In 1967, John returned to Viet Nam for a second tour which lasted until 1968. He now lives in Lawndale, CA. [Profile bio]
Type
image
Format
1 image
2 video files (00:12:25)
2 transcripts
Identifier
hamiltonjohn-profileimage
hamiltonjohn-vid1
hamiltonjohn-vid1_tr1
hamiltonjohn-vid2
hamiltonjohn-vid2_tr2
http://doi.org/10.25549/viet-c80-822
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/hamiltonjohn-profileimage.jpg
Language
English
Subject
American
Combat
Racism
US Marines
Time Period
1946-1968
Place
Detroit
Chu Lai
Da Nang
Lawndale
Michigan
California
North Carolina
USA
Vietnam
Wayne
Los Angeles
Source
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
An Other War Memorial--Memories of the American War in Viet Nam

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