Episode 143: Jack Parente and the Vietnam War

<p>Born and raised in Oyster Bay, Jack Parente found himself drafted into the Army in 1967 and served in Vietnam from 1968-1970 as a member of a reconnaissance unit of the 1st Calvary Division. Today we hear his story courtesy of Christopher Verga, a Long Island historian who has been interviewing the area's veterans in order to document and preserve a generation of soldiers neglected in their own time.</p> <p>This is the first in a series of episodes on the podcast. Working with Chris, we'll be bringing you further interviews and voices from Long Islanders invovled with the war.</p> <p><strong>Further Research</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="Vietnam:%20A%20Television%20History">Vietnam: A Television History</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.archives.gov/research/pentagon-papers">The Pentagon Papers</a></li> <li><a href= "https://depts.washington.edu/moves/antiwar_map_protests.shtml">Vietnam-era Anti-War Protests</a></li> <li><a href="https://vva.org/">Vietnam Veterans of America</a></li> <li><a href="https://climbonline.org/2014j/">Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists</a></li> </ul>