Interview with Wendell Bruce Carver, September 2, 2021
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Bruce Carver graduated from Hopkinsville High School in 1965 and enrolled in summer classes at Kentucky Wesleyan College before enrolling at Hopkinsville Community College in the fall where he was elected the first president of Student Government. He transferred to the University of Kentucky in the fall of 1966, transferred to the University of Hawaii for his junior year where he was president of the campus Young Republicans, and transferred back to U.K. for his senior year and graduated with a degree in History in 1969. While at U.K. he was involved in Student Government and the Young Republicans. After graduating in 1969 he was a residencehall manager while he worked toward earning a teaching certificate. He was drafted into the Air Force in 1970 and spent a year in Vietnam. In this interview he discusses the end of his tour of duty in Vietnam, his stateside duty at George Air Force Base, and his life and career after his discharge from the military.Interview Accession
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Vietnam War 1973 Vietnam War Armistice 1975 fall of Saigon legacy of anti-war activists legacy of the Vietnam War Vietnam War veterans Roe v. Wade decision Watergate hearings President Richard M. Nixon President Gerald R. Ford family life employment history legacy of the Baby Boom GenerationInterview Rights
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Carver, Wendell Bruce Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 02 Sep. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Carver, W.B. (2021, September 02). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Carver, Wendell Bruce, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. September 02, 2021, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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