Madison, Wisconsin: University Archives and Records Management Services
Summary
Professor Emerita Steve Rasmussen was graduated from UW in 1968 and was drafted into the Vietnam War. In this 2014 interview for the Oral History Program, Rasmussen describes the campus climate in Madison in 1968, including a class he took on "Vietnam media and mayhem." He discusses his basic and advanced training and his deployment overseas, and he details Fire Direction Control and field artillery. He ends the interview by talking about his mother's poetry during his time in Vietnam.