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Motivation of Joining the War
Q: Hi Frank, thank you for joining us here today. To start can you tell us your motivation for joining the war
My motivation for joining the Marine Corp was in 1965, after the Battle of la Drang Valley got a lot of publicity. It really heated up on my college Loyola University in Chicago and I realized then that it was going to be the biggest thing that hit my generation and I had to make a decision if I was going to be a part of it.
Q: How did your family or significant other react when you told them that you were going to join the Marine Corp and plan to go to Vietnam
After I went to the Officer Selection Office in Chicago, I told them that I applied for Officer’s training in the Marine Corp. At the time, the young woman who that I was dating… she and I decided to get married. It caused a lot of controversy… both pro and con… mostly con because they were very concerned about what was going to happen to me If I went to Vietnam as a Marine Officer going right into warzone. As a result of that my wife would be a widow at the age of 22 so it caused a lot of concern and controversy… we talked it over and we decided to take the chance anyway. There were a lot of people who were for the war who thought what I was doing was wrong. I saw a considerable amount of hypocrisy, especially with some of my peers in college who were very supportive of President Jackson… very supportive of the war… but let the other guy go.
Q: So you didn’t want to be like that person… letting somebody else take your spot
Right. I saw that to be extremely hypocritical.
Object Description
| Profile of | Frank McAdams |
| Title | The battle of Frank McAdams |
| Profile bio | Our group had the pleasure and honor of interviewing Frank McAdams. Frank McAdams is an award-winning screenwriter who has been teaching undergraduate and graduate students at USC since 1991. The recipient of two first place Samuel Goldwyn awards, McAdams has worked as a story analyst for four Hollywood production companies and has lectured at six major universities. He is also a Fulbright Senior Specialist Scholar, teaching undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. McAdams is the author of The American War Film: History and Hollywood, a film studies/history analysis, and Treason's Time, a World War II novel. He is also the co-author of Final Affair, a Berkley True Crime book. His memoir, Vietnam Rough Riders: A Convoy Commander's Memoir is scheduled for publication by the University Press of Kansas in March 2013. He received a B.S. (History) from Loyola University, Chicago and earned his M.F.A. from UCLA. |
| Profiler bio | Yuhao Wang: Senior undergraduate major in Chemical Engineering. International student from Zhejiang, China Angeolyn Dayrit: Senior undergraduate at USC majoring in Biophysics. She is a 1st generation American, her family originally from Philippines Michael Gurayah: Undergraduate freshmen studying Business Administration at the Marshall School of Business |
| Subject |
Vietnam Vietnam War motor transport veteran |
| Profiled by | Wang, Yuhao; Dayrit, Angeolyn; Gurayah, Michael |
| Profile date | 2016-04-08 |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Pamplona; Chicago; Da Nang |
| Geographic subject (county) | Cook |
| Geographic subject (state) | Illinois |
| Geographic subject (country) | Spain; USA; Vietnam |
| Coverage date | 1968 |
| Publisher (of the original version) | http://anotherwarmemorial.com/frank-mcadams/ |
| Type |
images video |
| Format | 1 image; 3 video files (00:18:18); 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 | mcadamsfrank |
Description
| Profile of | Frank McAdams |
| Title | Motivation of Joining the War |
| Format | 1 transcript, 1p. |
| Filename | mcadamsfrank-vid1_tr1.pdf |
| Full text | Motivation of Joining the War Q: Hi Frank, thank you for joining us here today. To start can you tell us your motivation for joining the war My motivation for joining the Marine Corp was in 1965, after the Battle of la Drang Valley got a lot of publicity. It really heated up on my college Loyola University in Chicago and I realized then that it was going to be the biggest thing that hit my generation and I had to make a decision if I was going to be a part of it. Q: How did your family or significant other react when you told them that you were going to join the Marine Corp and plan to go to Vietnam After I went to the Officer Selection Office in Chicago, I told them that I applied for Officer’s training in the Marine Corp. At the time, the young woman who that I was dating… she and I decided to get married. It caused a lot of controversy… both pro and con… mostly con because they were very concerned about what was going to happen to me If I went to Vietnam as a Marine Officer going right into warzone. As a result of that my wife would be a widow at the age of 22 so it caused a lot of concern and controversy… we talked it over and we decided to take the chance anyway. There were a lot of people who were for the war who thought what I was doing was wrong. I saw a considerable amount of hypocrisy, especially with some of my peers in college who were very supportive of President Jackson… very supportive of the war… but let the other guy go. Q: So you didn’t want to be like that person… letting somebody else take your spot Right. I saw that to be extremely hypocritical. |
| Archival file | Volume5/mcadamsfrank-vid1_tr1.pdf |
