Phil Homan — Full Interview, Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project

Video Description

Phil Homan completed three tours in Vietnam between 1968 and 1972 with the Army and Army Special Forces. Phil served in combat, landing in dozens of hot landing zones; he also did reconnaissance work near the Ho Chi Minh Trail. For Phil's full biography and summaries of the interview sections, visit his VVOHP page at https://vvohp.org/phil-homan/. This interview was conducted on April 7, 2025, at the University of South Carolina Aiken, supervised by Dr. Sarah King and Dr. David L. Morris II. ____________________________________ 00:26 – Section 1: Early Life 03:56 – Section 2: Basic and Advanced Training 12:15 – Section 3: Arrival in Vietnam, Role, and Fellow Servicemembers 27:55 – Section 4: Adjusting to Vietnam and Interacting with Vietnamese People 36:05 – Section 5: Recollections of Agent Orange 37:31 – Section 6: Responses to the War 41:21 – Section 7: Staying Connected to “the World” and Additional Stories 53:05 – Section 8: Coming Home 01:00:27 – Section 9: The Wall in DC 01:02:37 – Section 10: Remembering the War ____________________________________