Dud Hendrick oral history interview

The Scope and Contents note of this oral history was originally generated by feeding the electronic transcript into OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4o on 2024 July 26. It was then reviewed and edited by a human.

Oral history interview with Dud Hendrick, Tuck Class of 1969, for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project. Hendrick recounts his early life growing up in the Midwest and attending the U.S. Naval Academy after high school, where he played lacrosse. Hendrick recalls training as an Air Force nuclear weapons officer after graduating and serving in Greenland before volunteering for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and service in Vietnam. He recounts leading EOD teams at Phan Rang and Tan Son Nhat Air Bases, dealing with ordnance incidents across South Vietnam. He reflects on the racism and dehumanization he witnessed among American forces and recounts dangerous missions disarming live explosives. Hendrick describes returning to the U.S. and attending Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, where his views on the war shifted, leading him to join Veterans for Peace. He then discusses his later career coaching lacrosse at Dartmouth, running an inn in Maine, and participating in peace and reconciliation efforts.