perspective, but one theme that is constant among our service personnel is their pride in the service to country. 40 years after the first full-scale engagement between u.s. troops and the people s army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed veterans from the battle ofs ia drang valley. it was after these battles, waged in november 1965 that north vietnamese forces began engaging in guerrilla warfare. the americans, outnumbered by the north vietnamese army prevailed, but at a heavy cost. enrique pujals was a second lieutenant and a platoon leader with the 2nd battalion, 7th cavalry in the fall of 1965. his platoon got into the fight at landing zone x-ray where his men were first hit with friendly fire. up next, excerpts from his oral history interview. immediately following this 30-minute program we ll hear from tracy black enders, the daughter of a newspaper reporter who was embedded with the 7th cavalry. now, enrique pujals. i wa
there s a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs. watch featured video from a regular weekly series as well as access ahtv s history tweets. social media from twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. every weekend, american history tv brings you oral histories. first-person accounts of the people and events that have shaped our history. recently we ve been featuring from the vietnam archive at texas tech university at lubbock. now an exempt from an interview with the oral history project director kelly craiger as he describes the history and importance of the project. we can always go back and look at the cold impersonal documents. the national archives and read the after action reports. all of the reports, but it doesn t really tell us what a wartime experience is like for an individual. like for an individual, whether they
understand our history until we understand and listen to the people who lived through and helped shape that history. 40 years after the first full-scale engagement between u.s. troops and the peoples army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed soldiers. it was after thiz battled in 1965 that the north vietnamese forces began to engage in guerrilla warfare. the americans prevailed but at a heavy cost. next an sbur view with tony nadal. this is about 50 minutes. tony, i d like to start with you just kind of identifying for us what your responsibilities were, your m.o.s. november 14th, 1965. i was the captain commander of company a, 1st ba tal on, up 7th calvary. so knowing that that s what you re going to be doing, leading a company into the valley on november 14th, let s back up a little bit. okay. let s go back to when you first joined the 1st air cav. what month and year? i joined in august of 65. i had been in graduate
and shares his thoughts on what should be done to avoid a similar fate. sunday at 3:30. book tv. every weekend on c-span 2. now more oral histories from the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock. these stories focus on the november 1965 battle of the idrang valley. bill beck was an assistant machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called landing zone x-ray earned him a silver star. in this hour-long interview he recalls a routine mission on a sunday afternoon that turned into a life and daeth struggle. i m doing an oral history video interview with mr. bill beck. we are in washington, d.c., crystal city hilton. it s november 12th, 2005, about 1:15 p.m., and we are here commemorating the reup, the 40th anniversary reunion of the battles in the idrang valley, x rarks alb ray,albany, and falcon. columbus. tell me about those days in novemb november. before you all get in, tell me about tony nadal and the guys around you, your buddies, before you all arrive
and shares his thoughts on what should be done to avoid a similar fate. sunday at 3:30. book tv. every weekend on c-span 2. now more oral histories from the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock. these stories focus on the november 1965 battle of the idrang valley. bill beck was an assistant machine gunner whose actions at a clearing called landing zone x-ray earned him a silver star. in this hour-long interview he recalls a routine mission on a sunday afternoon that turned into a life and daeth struggle. i m doing an oral history video interview with mr. bill beck. we are in washington, d.c., crystal city hilton. it s november 12th, 2005, about 1:15 p.m., and we are here commemorating the reup, the 40th anniversary reunion of the battles in the idrang valley, x rarks alb ray,albany, and falcon. columbus. tell me about those days in novemb november. before you all get in, tell me about tony nadal and the guys around you, your buddies, be