David Barton oral history interview

David P. Barton. Class of 1966. Oral history interview for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project concerning Barton’s experience as an anti-Vietnam War protestor and member of the American Friends Service Committee in Vietnam. Barton describes his early life growing up mostly in Silver Spring, MD, with two formative years spent in England due to his father’s involvement in the Marshall Plan, as well as his love for tennis, which he continued playing at Dartmouth. Barton relates how his involvement with the Dartmouth Christian Union, teach-ins and film screenings on campus, and studying abroad in France led him to question the United States’ involvement in Vietnam. He describes his post-graduation experience working for the American Friends Service Committee at a rehabilitation hospital in Qu?ng Ngãi Province in Vietnam during the war, his relationships with Vietnamese people, and his knowledge of CIA torture sites nearby. Barton also discusses his involvement with Congressional inquiries into torture in Vietnam and the September 11 attacks.