Washington County Oral Histories

Peggy Ploem oral history recording on the impact of the Vietnam War on HIllsboro

An audio recording of an oral history of Peggy Ploem on the impact of the Vietnam War on Hillsboro. At the time of the Vietnam War, both Ms. Ploem and her family were Dutch nationals and not American citizens. Their son was classified Y-4 at the time, before the classification process was outlawed. Then, ROTC was recruiting high school seniors for officer training. The family recalls their first reaction when U.S. got involved in the Vietnam war was remembering General MacArthur

Ploem, Peggy

Century High School collection

Washington County (Or.) -- History

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American

Washington County (Or.)

Hillsboro (Or.)

1 sound cassette (17 min.)

English

WCM_OH_456

In Copyright

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Five Oaks Museum

Lynn, Chris

Audiocassettes

Sound