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Feature Excerpt
Hand-to-hand combat with a Chinese soldier
Abstract
Interview Session 01 (Audio)
Early life to Korean War
Interview Session 02 (Audio)
Cold War, Vietnam & Beyond
Transcript
Photos
Caption
Ed Smith in April of 1952, shortly before heading to Korea. He wears the 101st Division patch, his training division.
Where:
Unknown
When:
April of 1952
Ownership:
This image is considered to be in the public domain.
Caption
Private Smith at the 2nd Division headquarters in the late summer of 1952.
Where:
2nd Division headquarters
When:
late summer of 1952
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption
Staff Sergeant Smith during a tour in Korea in 1962.
Where:
Korea
When:
1962
Ownership:
This image is considered to be in the public domain.
Caption
Master Sergeant Smith in 1970, when he served as the senior enlisted advisor to a unit in the California Army National Guard.
Where:
California
When:
1970
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption
Master Sergeant Smith served his last six months in Vietnam (1969) as the G-3 Operations Sergeant for the 25th Division.
Where:
Vietnam
When:
1969
Ownership:
Narrator's photo
Caption
Ed Smith at the time of his interview in July 2008.
Where:
Unknown
When:
July of 2008
Ownership:
Narrator's photo