Gene Sullivan — Full Interview, Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project

Video Description

Elton E. “Gene” Sullivan served in Vietnam in 1966 and 1967 as part of the Army's Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP). For Gene's full biography and summaries of the interview sections, visit his VVOHP page at https://vvohp.org/gene-sullivan/. This interview was conducted on October 23, 2024, at the University of South Carolina Aiken, supervised by Dr. Sarah King and Dr. David L. Morris II. ____________________________________ 00:25 – Section 1: Early Life 07:56 – Section 2: Basic and Advanced Training 22:02 – Section 3: Arrival in Vietnam, Role, and Fellow Servicemembers 35:01 – Section 4: Adjusting to Vietnam and Interacting with Vietnamese People 56:14 – Section 5: Recollections of Agent Orange 58:38 – Section 6: Responses to the War 1:09:37 – Section 7: Staying Connected to “the World” and Additional Stories 1:24:26 – Section 8: Coming Home 1:40:38 – Section 9: The Wall in DC 1:42:29 – Section 10: Remembering the War ____________________________________