Forty 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 Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles – waged in November 1965 – that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans – outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army – prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Next, an interview with Tony Nadal, Commander of Company A, who was the only commander in the Battles of Ia Drang with Vietnam combat experience.

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Former U.S. Army machine gunner Bill Beck earned the Silver Star for his actions during the November 1965 Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. This was the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People's Army of Vietnam. This oral history was recorded by the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.

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In 2005, the Vietnam Center and Archive interviewed veterans from the 1965 Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was the first full scale battle between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam. Harold Moore was the commanding officer on the ground with the 1^st Battalion, 7^th Cavalry Regiment. It was after this battle that the Vietnamese communist forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. In this interview we hear Moore on the nature of war and leadership and his recollections of the battle that he knew would reverberate in Washington, DC and Hanoi.

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Guenter Wendt worked as the manager of the launch pads for the Mercury, Gemini and parts of the Apollo missions and was often the last person astronauts saw before going into space. In an oral history interview conducted for NASA's Johnson Space Center he reflects on how he came to work for NASA, his relationship with the astronauts and what it meant to be in charge of launch pad operations.

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Roy Neal, a longtime NBC News reporter who covered the American manned space program, interviews NASA flight and missions operations director Gene Kranz. Kranz worked on NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions and was acting flight director when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon. As lead flight director of the Apollo 13 mission, he and his team played a significant role in guiding three astronauts back to Earth after an explosion on that spacecraft.

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Yvonne Brathwaite Burke served in the United States House of Representatives from California in the 1970s. She recalled the work of the Congressional Black Caucus, her efforts on behalf of displaced homemakers, and an unlikely political battle to save the Capitol beauty shop. This oral history is from the Avoice Virtual Library Project of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

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Roy Neal, a longtime NBC News reporter who covered the American manned space program, interviews NASA flight and missions operations director Gene Kranz. Kranz worked on NASA's Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions and was acting flight director when the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon. As lead flight director of the Apollo 13 mission, he and his team played a significant role in guiding three astronauts back to Earth after an explosion on that spacecraft.

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Herbert Klein worked on every one of Richard Nixon’s campaigns from 1946 to 1968 and was later appointed Communications Director of the Executive Branch from 1969 to 1973. In an excerpt of a longer oral history interview for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Herbert Klein reflects on the 1968 election, his role during the Nixon presidency and his relationship with the former President once they both had left office.

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Herbert Klein worked on every one of Richard Nixon’s campaigns from 1946 to 1968 and was later appointed Communications Director of the Executive Branch from 1969 to 1973. In an excerpt of a longer oral history interview for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Herbert Klein reflects on the 1960 Presidential campaign, his thoughts on Nixon’s performance in the first televised Presidential debate and the impact of Nixon’s failed 1962 California gubernatorial race.

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Herbert Klein worked on every one of Richard Nixon’s campaigns from 1946 to 1968 and was later appointed Communications Director of the Executive Branch from 1969 to 1973. In an excerpt of a longer oral history interview for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Herbert Klein reflects on how he met Richard Nixon, the impact of the Alger Hiss case and later the “Checkers” speech and his memories from Nixon’s 1959 trip to the Soviet Union.

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