Category: General American Jewish Service in Vietnam: A Panel Discussion Part 1
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
April 8, 2021
Host: Robert Jacobs, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, Vietnam Veterans Committee
Moderator: Sheldon Goldberg, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.), National Museum of American Jewish Military History
Panelists:
1. Michael Corbett
USMC
In Nam 1965-1966
3rd Bn 4th Marine Regt HQ Co & 3rd platoon
Infantry machine gunner
2. Joseph Goldstein
USN
Oct 1966-May 1967; Sept 1967-May 1968
USS Coral Sea & USS Ranger in Gulf of Tonkin
F-4 Radar Intercept Officer; flew over North Vietnam on 106 fighter combat air patrol & bombing missions
3. Stan Goldstein
USAF
March 1968-December 1968 Korat AFB Thailand
Flew 100 missions over North Vietnam
4. Dick Kurtz
US Army
1966-1967 1st Infantry Division; Forward Observer in infantry rifle company, Artillery Officer in infantry battalion
1970-1971 Staff Officer 101st Airborne Division, S-3 Operations Officer for Duster Battalions on DMZ fire bases
5. Jacob (Jack) Romo
US Army Medical Officer
1966-1967- 25th Division Social Work Officer in Cu Chi; Mental Hygiene Clinic; 93rd Evac Hospital Psychiatric Augmentation Detachment