Veterans History Project - Derwin Kim

Name: Derwin Fincannon Kim
Dates of Service: 1963-1969
Highest Rank: Captain
Branch: United States. Army
Conflict: Vietnam War
Unit: A company, 12st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division
Awards: Ranger Tab; Vietnam Campaign Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Bronze Star Medal w/v device; Purple Heart; Army Commendation Medal; Missileman Badge
Location of Service: Củ Chi (Vietnam) ; Phú Bài (Vietnam) Collection #: VHP/2022/663 See more about this veteran in the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County's Digital Library: digital.cincinnatilibrary.org...

[@A-world-of-My-Own]

What a great fire place. Good on you sir. Keep well and happy.

[@danmurphy4472]

Thank You SIR.......for everything.

[@Ballrace123]

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and thoughts ❤️

[@jerrygouge9615]

Why are you asking such detailed information about their family?

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

I know...its like so some crazy person can find them 😂

[@ramonamaya4697]

Enjoyed the whole interview

[@garyluck8502]

Thanks for your service!

[@teresalundy532]

Thank you sir for your service 😢

[@bid_wacker]

Why is the interviewer always louder than the interviewee ??This happens all the time

[@benyoung552]

I noticed this too. Something with the audio. If I turn my phone sideways, then it switches to hearing the interviewer n not the interviewee.

[@emojiking8580]

dO y0u realize wHaT yoU said ¿

[@michaelcarter5049]

I love the wood stove! :-)

[@bradhamilton4290]

Fireplace

[@im2b1234]

😊

[@robertlucyksr667]

1922 really.

[@jonwinship9099]

If only the current POTUS had half the mental acuity of Mr. Kim.

[@pelonehedd7631]

Cut the interviewer some slack. He may be new to this and in the interest of detail and chronology is asking the question’s from notes just a a pilot might go through a procedural checklist to avoid overlooking things of importance. Also a interview is done in a totally different setting than a casual bullshit session. The subject May forget to mention things due to feeling put on the spot so to speak. My Uncles talked More of their combat experiences when in a casual setting. Those who have never experienced combat should be careful not to be judgemental or to second guess. Very often time constraints that may leave a subject feeling pressed can cause mental blocks and consequently omitted facts and stories . Jumping forward and then backward due to recall abilities can be just as confusing for listener’s as it is for the subject who will feel pressured and uncomfortable for not meeting the expectation’s of the interviewer and audience. A subject may feel inadequate or as having failed if after a interview , they recall a interesting story or fact that they did not mention. In conversation’s with My friends Relatives and now Son and Nephew bits and pieces here and there come together and like a draft of a script can latter be clarified and refined to become more understandable. A subject wanting to develop the character of a person in their story , their relationship etc. can risk being thought of as tangential and boring listener’s with short attention spans . A subjects enthusiasm for telling their stories can vary from one time to another. Participants in the same battle often just yards apart can have very different recollections of it.

[@pcarroll1100]

Interviewer needs to throw his notes away and just listen.

[@stanpressley8136]

What a ridiculous interview WHO CARES where aunt Bessie or unvle Amos worked???