Albert Boemker's interview for the Veterans History Project at Atlanta History Center, part 1 of 3
Catalog number: VIS 201.0581
In part one of this three-part interview, Albert L. Boemker relates his experiences in the Army during the Vietnam War. He chronicles his early life and family. His father worked for the railroad and moved his family to Arlington, Virginia, where Mr. Boemker grew up next door to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. He remembers that he brought home from Vietnam a desire to get an education. He tells of his high school in Georgia. His father was a Marine at Iwo Jima and inspected his ten children’s “quarters” every Saturday night. Mr. Boemker’s mother’s uncle served in World War I. He relates his nephew’s service in Iraq working in a special graves registration unit collecting the effects of the dead. He describes his entry into the Army, basic training, Officer Candidate School, and his arrival in Vietnam. He emphasizes the importance of telling stories and preserving history. He describes several missions in which his unit participated.
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What a Blessed and Good American Soldier ,Thank You Sir for your Service. How you went through life is inspirational .GOD Bless You SIr🇺🇸
Thank you all so much for your service, welcome home. Never Forget.👊🏻🇺🇸
Couldnt even finish part one. Took a normal interview and turned it in to 3 parts. Dragging on and on. Wore my ass out.
@stevefaulkner6689
2 күн бұрын
3rd way in I knew you were right ,he good man just wanted to read his book .
So he lived in Fort Scott ,Arlington. I lived in Arlington too at this time. I was in in the working class area. Learned a lot. I thank him for his service.
I can't keep my thought process together, way too disjointed......but thanks for serving. I am also a vet during the same years as he.
Great story teller. Welcome Home Sir!!!
i was thrilled to watch this video...this is someone who is special...
GREAT STORY TELLER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE COMPLETELY ENJOYED IT
Great thanks now we have all 3 parts
This man is a Hero I would of loved a chance to serve with him
PS, wear your vet's hat proudly. In my case I got to meet alot of my fellow vets wearing one. I'm proud to be a fellow vet! It's not to bad to be thanked for your service also.
Amazing.
Is there an interview of the interviewed that was awarded the 7 bronze stars?
your real patient
I am looking at a couple of negative comments and want to say that Mr. Boemker is what some people call tangential, often as a negative connotation and often by people full of themselves who look for faults in other’s. My experience and observation is that tangential people are often a lot more intelligent than those of average intellect and myopic view of things give them credit for. There is a bigger picture they want You to see and understand how all the various elements involved come together to create that. In this case setting the stage by explaining the many people who influenced His life. I in no way am condemning other’s who stay focused on themselves as shallow . I only want to point out that for Me tangential people are deeper and want us to know details . Around dinner tables, at hunting camps, eating lunch at construction sites , I have heard many experiences of war from friends and relatives and now a son who is a Special Forces Doctor and a Nephew who Both had served in Iraq. All those stories were not told in chronological order.
i am confused...i thought it was going to be his story about vet nam
@jasonpeters9390
4 жыл бұрын
This is part 1 of 3 stick with it and listen to all 3
@johnsmithie2978
4 жыл бұрын
@@jasonpeters9390 i did he was still all over the place but after what he went through.
@jasonpeters9390
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnsmithie2978 they are sometimes you just got to slide with it it will all come together in the end
@06bravo68
2 жыл бұрын
You got that right!
@TRIChuckles
24 күн бұрын
It's a life story!
Too much getting ready for the service.
Thanks for your service but this is not a good interview
Ok I'm done. Going to different interview. Guy loves to talk and a bit of a braggert.
@chessmckenzie8319
4 жыл бұрын
I have to say I really enjoyed this. Except I couldn't hear the interviewer.
@jbuckley2546
4 жыл бұрын
@@chessmckenzie8319 Thats a blessing. The interviewer is called Brookner (unsure of spelling) and spoils a lot of these interviews.
@donaldjones7678
3 жыл бұрын
I was a grunt 196the Bde 1971. I agree with you.
@06bravo68
2 жыл бұрын
Took the words out of my mouth. I'm done as well.
My god man. Get to the Vietnam stories! How many times has the host tried to pry it out of you.
Some people complain about this interview. Who cares? The important thing to understand are the basics. Vietnam was an undeclared war by the US. We had NO legitimate right or reason to be there. This guy, like all the other veterans, was an invader and aggressor. Vietnam never attacked the US, its territories or its people. American freedom and security were never effected by this war...win or lose. Many of the S. Vietnamese people themselves were ambivalent about American presence there. Veterans were not protectors...they were sacrificial lambs of the dysfunctional US Government. Lastly....each and every veteran went to Vietnam by choice. Even the ones that were drafted against their will. They are not victims of anything or anyone. All of us had a choice...what made us different is how we evaluated the consequences of our choices. At the end the really honest veterans say they were fighting for themselves and the guy next to them... to get out alive. That last sentence....summarized the Vietnam war.
Siu em refugee public from Vietnam communist Vietnam repression reason my church of Jesus Christ my Central hi lands of Vietnam I want you help my please I m poverty I trust you help my please
Sorry. I could not follow for long.
Strange interview
This guy is a lunatic