Oral+History+Reflection

**Interview subject** - Steve Tews (my grandfather)
 * Topic ** - Air Force in Vietnam

I thought that most people supported the war in Vietnam but after listening to my grandfather explain what it was like for those who were veterans of the war, they were disgraced and some even hid the fact they fought because of what might happen to them. They didn't deserve this sort of treatment after fighting in a war that some describe as pure hell. Veterans should always be honored for their services whether you agree with the war they are fighting in or not, because as my grandfather stated "We did our job as we knew it and as we were told and it wasn't our job in those days to question whether it was a good war, bad war, or foolish war".

Overseas many were killed and taken prisoners of war because of the draft. People were forced into fighting on the ground whether they wanted to or not. My grandfather said more than once that he was glad to be in the air force and that those on the ground had it much worse than him. The Vietnam war lost support on the home front and was the first war that Americans were strongly against.