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Changing Sentiments at Home
No one I knew was for it [the Vietnam War]. My parents at first were for it – my dad was a WWII veteran, he was a captain, he served under Patton, he went on Normandy, he was such a great man and I loved him. He was pro-war.
Q: What do you think was the turning point? You said your parents eventually became anti-war as the war progressed. When do you think that happened? In the 60s?
Yeah, ‘69.
Q: Was that because they were seeing the effects of everyone coming back from the war?
Yes. It’s all good in theory, but not in real life. We’d be at dinner and my parents would say, “Oh, did you know Ricky Barnett? The Barnetts lost their son.” And I’d say, “Ricky?!” My dad would say, “Yeah, that’s really sad,” and I’d respond “And?!” That would be the end of the conversation – you just ate dinner. You ate the rest of your meal.
The more drugs I did the less I had to deal with anything. Like if anyone did want to talk about it, we could just get high instead. Because we didn’t talk about things. Back then we were raised by parents who most had been in the Depression. Having been in the Great Depression and then having things, it was kind of like the atmosphere at home was you’re not allowed to have anything wrong, and if you do, don’t talk about. Because they could beat the bummer basically, “Oh you should’ve seen what happened to us,” and rather than hear that, we just didn’t talk about it. You didn’t talk about your feelings then. Nobody did.
Object Description
| Profile of | Betsy Starman |
| Title | "Nobody Came Home Unaffected" - Perspective from an Anti-War Protester |
| Profile bio | Betsy Starman was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1949. She spent most of her childhood and adolescence in Atlanta, where she experienced the transition to the “hippie” era as well as the Vietnam War. Betsy became addicted to drugs during this time period, and was involved in the anti-war movement. After people were drafted and began to return from the war, she moved to California to avoid having to see her friends come back as changed individuals, or not coming home at all. Now that she has been clean for 28 years, Betsy works as an addiction treatment specialist. She opened her own business approximately 12 years ago to help establish treatment centers and provide addiction outreach on Skid Row. She has a daughter who is currently attending Pepperdine University. |
| Profiler bio | Nathan Lee is a sophomore, born and raised in SoCal, studying Business and Communication Design at USC. Alec Morris is a graduating senior from New York studying Music Industry at USC. Rebecca Seifert is a sophomore from Arizona, who is currently studying Biological Sciences at USC. Christine Shiau is a sophomore from Kansas studying Chemical Engineering at USC. |
| Subject |
Vietnam war antiwar sentiment drug music addiction treatment civilian |
| Profiled by | Lee, Nathan; Morris, Alec; Seifert, Rebecca; Shiau, Christine |
| Profile date | 2016-04-08 |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Boston |
| Geographic subject (county) | Suffolk |
| Geographic subject (state) | Massachusetts; Atlanta; California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1969 |
| Publisher (of the original version) | http://anotherwarmemorial.com/betsy-starman/ |
| Type |
images video |
| Format | 1 image; 3 video files (00:13:46); 3 transcripts |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | An Other War Memorial -- Memories of the American War in Viet Nam |
| Filename | starmanbetsy |
Description
| Profile of | Betsy Starman |
| Title | Changing Sentiments at Home |
| Format | 1 transcript, 1p. |
| Filename | starmanbetsy-vid2_tr2.pdf |
| Full text | Changing Sentiments at Home No one I knew was for it [the Vietnam War]. My parents at first were for it – my dad was a WWII veteran, he was a captain, he served under Patton, he went on Normandy, he was such a great man and I loved him. He was pro-war. Q: What do you think was the turning point? You said your parents eventually became anti-war as the war progressed. When do you think that happened? In the 60s? Yeah, ‘69. Q: Was that because they were seeing the effects of everyone coming back from the war? Yes. It’s all good in theory, but not in real life. We’d be at dinner and my parents would say, “Oh, did you know Ricky Barnett? The Barnetts lost their son.” And I’d say, “Ricky?!” My dad would say, “Yeah, that’s really sad,” and I’d respond “And?!” That would be the end of the conversation – you just ate dinner. You ate the rest of your meal. The more drugs I did the less I had to deal with anything. Like if anyone did want to talk about it, we could just get high instead. Because we didn’t talk about things. Back then we were raised by parents who most had been in the Depression. Having been in the Great Depression and then having things, it was kind of like the atmosphere at home was you’re not allowed to have anything wrong, and if you do, don’t talk about. Because they could beat the bummer basically, “Oh you should’ve seen what happened to us,” and rather than hear that, we just didn’t talk about it. You didn’t talk about your feelings then. Nobody did. |
| Archival file | Volume5/starmanbetsy-vid2_tr2.pdf |
