Captain Arunas Juozas Staugaitis as a dental officer 33rd Dental Unit, South Vietnam 1967, interviewed by Major Barrie Gilman

Accession Number S03539
Collection type Sound
Measurement 6 min 0 sec
Object type Oral history
Physical description 1/4 inch sound tape reel; KODAK; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; mono; 7 inch
Maker Gillman, Barrie Winston Farleigh
Staugaitis, Arunas Juozas
Date made July 1967
Access Open
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

Staugaitis speaks of his family and educational background; his role at 1st Australian Task Force base and in the civic aid programs in Phuoc Tuy Province; an interesting incident when he had to extract the tooth of a South Vietnamese woman; the need for more educational programs in dental health care in the area.
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