Reminiscences of Marvin Simmons and William Bires : oral history, 2002

Biographical Note

Veterans, peace activists

Scope and Contents

Background: born Oregon, raised in Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada; veteran of Vietnam War, family history of service in United States military beginning with Revolutionary War; military service during the Vietnam War: experiences during and reaction to service, consideration of soldier's conduct, explanation of political machinations and motivations; post-Vietnam War: loss of religious beliefs, participation in peace activism; 9/11: witness of South Town impact on television, lack of shock, anger, or disbelief despite sympathy for victims, immediate recognition of attack as terrorist act instead of act of war; politics of war and peace: explanation of U.S. foreign policy and actions in the Middle East, consideration of response of media, comparison of 9/11 to other historical attacks; peace activism: involvement in Vietnam Veterans Against the War, formation and activities of Northwest Veterans for Peace, consideration of role of activism in world affairs

Subjects

• Bires, William, 1929---Interviews.
• Bires, William, 1929- interviewee.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ive
• Carmichael, Jeremy, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Northwest Veterans for Peace.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Pacifists--Interviews.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Simmons, Marvin--Interviews.
• Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 2002