"Those 40 or 50 people were probably the most dynamic team of people that I had a chance to work with." (Audio interview, 24:58)

George E. Dunn

War: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Branch: Army Unit: 13th Field Artillery Service Location: Washington, DC; Schofield Barracks, Hawaii; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Vietnam; Germany; Fort Riley, Kansas Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Enlisting in the Army in 1961, and graduating from Officer Candidate School in 1965, Lieutenant Colonel George Dunn saw the military as a place of professional opportunity. Serving for ten months in Vietnam as the executive officer of an artillery battery, he commanded a tight-knit unit, made up of soldiers who bonded over the unconventional tactics required for combat in-country. Encountering a harsh reception from the public upon his return to the States, he has struggled to reconcile his identity as a Vietnam veteran, and the outcome of the war, with the larger scope of his military career.