Key Information
Reference code
MY LAI 2/12
Title
Transcript of interview with radio telephone operator Frederick Widmer, 1988
Date(s)
- 1988 Oct 1 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Transcripts of filmed interviews with Frederick Joseph Widmer, Radio Telephone Operator for Capt Medina, C Company, 1st Bn, 20th Inf, US Army, describing his activities in the US Army including, enlisting and training; arriving in Vietnam; contact with Vietnamese villagers; briefing prior to the operation at My Lai and his part in the massacre of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, 16 Mar 1968; assisting the injured Herbert Carter, to the medical evacuation helicopter; the reaction of members of the Company to the massacre; and his feelings about his actions twenty years later. 60pp