13+Oral+History

Research: When the government announced us going to war with vietnam many people could care less in fact they supported it. But throughout the war people started to question our involvement in it and what we were fighting for: the huge anti war protests started. So im asking my dad David Epstein a series of questions about that era.

1. What were your reactions when the vietnam war started did you oppose or support it? He cant remember stuff about the start of the war.

2. Around the town you lived in did you see any propaganda posters? Yes there were many, they were hung in, he says bumper stickers, posters in peoples houses, graphite on buildings, and on billboards.

3. Did your school run through a duck and cover drill, what do you remember about it? In grade school he had about five, at the time he thought it would help agents a nuclear explosion because he was to young to know the real damage of them.

4. when you signed up for the draft were you ever nervous about being drafted. No, because the government was saying that the war was ending.

5. Were any of you friends or family members drafted. No

6. during the war did you ever become a hippie or a anti-war person. Yes, we set up protests at our school.

7. in your town where there any big protests or anti war gatherings? Not that he remembers.

8. After the war did you notice a change in the news. You didn't see all the war footage every night.

Reflection: after learning about the Vietnam war and interviwing my dad my oppeniouns have changed. I would not support the war if i lived back then now that I know about the harsh conditions. One of the things that struck me the most was my dad didn't know what the power was of a nucler missel he thought ducking under the desk would help.