Vietnam War Veteran
Bill Greeley
Interviewed by:
Matthew Casale
1968
2012
Matt: So when you were in Vietnam in the war, besides this bunker experience that you talked about was there any other point that you thought that you were gonna die? That you immediately thought to yourself this might be the end for me.
Bill: Everyday.
Name:
Bill Greeley
Date of Birth:
September 20, 1947
Branch of Service:
U.S Army
Dates of Service:
January 1968 to January 1969
Location of Military Service:
Dautiang Cambodia
Residence at Time of Interview:
Brewster MA
Bill Greely's Story:
My veteran Bill Greely went through a tough time during and after the vietnam war. He was most upset after the war because when he came home he was treated like a baby killer and was spit on by everyone. Towards the end of my interview with Bill he said to me that he was greatful that he didnt have to worry about getting killed everyday by the vietkong. Bill was drafted in 1968 and served for a year in cambotia. During this experience he told me that it set him straight, he was a cocky know it all boy from boston. The war was his wakeup call. During the vietnam war Bill was a meterologist. In the interview he talks about some of the tools that he used to predict wind speed and tempature. Towards the end of his time in service he was treated poorly by the people back in the states. After Bill got his life together he meet his wife, and is now living a very peaceful life riding harleys and running the skatepark in Orleans.