Burke, Gina. Interview transcript, November 13, 2025.
subject: United States. Army Nurse Corps
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: Catholics
subject: Tagalog language
subject: Cebuano language
subject: Iloko language
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
subject: Leyte, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
subject: Nursing education
subject: Military nursing
subject: Fort Sam Houston (Tex.)
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: William Beaumont Army Medical Center (El Paso, Tex.)
subject: Travis Air Force Base (Calif.)
subject: Vietnam. Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Corps, 1st
subject: United States. Army. 95th Evacuation Hospital
subject: Quonset huts
subject: Scrub nurses
subject: Medical Civic Action Programs
subject: American National Red Cross
subject: Fort Hood (Tex.)
subject: San Marcos Vet Center (Calif.)
subject: San Diego VA Medical Center (San Diego, Calif.)
subject: Agent Orange
subject: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
subject: Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
subject: American Legion
subject: Palomar College (San Marcos, Calif.)
subject: Cruisin’ Grand (Escondido, Calif.)
subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
description: Gina Burke served during the Vietnam War as a First Lieutenant operating room nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Burke spoke about her family background in the Philippines, immigration to the U.S., and father’s military service. She enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps so she could complete nursing school with financial aid. Burke deployed to Vietnam and served mostly as a scrub nurse at a time when operating room nurses were in high demand. Burke reflected on the difficult working conditions and traumatic experiences that characterized her wartime service. She spoke about her social life and experience as a woman in the military. In this oral history, Burke shared how the military shaped her life and worldview. She spoke about her transition to civilian life and struggles with PTSD. Burke reflected on how counseling, community service, and veteran associations helped her feel better about her military service.
creator: Gina Burke
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-13
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: PDF
language: English
type: Text
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)
coverage: Philippines
coverage: California
coverage: United States
coverage: Leyte (Philippines)
coverage: Cebu (Philippines)
coverage: Luzon (Philippines)
coverage: Denver (Colo.)
coverage: Escondido (Calif.)
coverage: El Paso (Tex.)
coverage: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
coverage: Da Nang (Vietnam)
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: Los Angeles (Calif.)
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)
coverage: Chula Vista (Calif.)

Luevano, Dora. Interview transcript, November 6, 2025.
subject: United States. Marine Corps
subject: Pacific Bell Telephone Company
subject: Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
subject: Camp Lejeune (N.C.)
subject: California State University, San Bernardino
subject: Palomar College
description: Dora Luevano served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was stationed at Camp Pendleton during the Vietnam War. Luevano worked in a warehouse and office, processing deceased servicemembers, collecting their personal effects, and writing letters to their family and loved ones. Luevano described her strict upbringing, immigration to the U.S. as a child from El Salvador, and decision to enlist in the Marine Corps. Luevano was forced out of military service for getting married and having a child, and she reflected on the harsh expectations and regulations that affected women in military service. She spoke about her 60-year marriage to her husband, whom she met in the Marine Corps, and their life together after military service. Luevano described how her civilian life was shaped by her upbringing, religion, military service, education, professional career, business ownership, and husband’s recent passing.
creator: Dora Luevano
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-06
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: PDF
language: English
type: Text
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: San Salvador (El Salvador)
coverage: El Salvador
coverage: United States
coverage: San Francisco (Calif.)
coverage: South Carolina
coverage: New York
coverage: Fallbrook (Calif.)
coverage: Las Vegas (Nev.)
coverage: California
coverage: Palm Desert (Calif.)
coverage: Indio (Calif.)
coverage: Palm Springs (Calif.)
coverage: Philippines
coverage: Vista (Calif.)

Shaffer, David. Interview November 20th, 2025
subject: United States. Air Force
subject: Cold War
subject: Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
subject: Convair
subject: Victory over Japan Day
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: San Diego State University
subject: Keesler Air Force Base (Miss.)
subject: United States. Army Corps of Engineers
subject: Six-Day War
subject: Sinai Peninsula
subject: Lajes Field (Azores)
subject: Strategic Air Command (U.S.)
subject: Hahn Air Base (Germany)
subject: Lackland Air Force Base (Tex.)
subject: United States. Federal Aviation Administration
subject: Tinker Air Force Base (Okla.)
subject: Bundesanstalt für Flugsicherung (Germany)
subject: World War, 1939–1945
subject: United States. Air Force—Occupational specialties
subject: Davis–Monthan Air Force Base (Ariz.)
subject: McGuire Air Force Base (N.J.)
subject: Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
subject: Hitler-Jugend
subject: European Recovery Program (1948–1952)
subject: Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
subject: Andrews Air Force Base (Md.)
subject: United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
subject: McClellan–Palomar Airport (Calif.)
subject: Germany. Luftwaffe
subject: Mikoyan (Firm)
subject: Sukhoi (Firm)
subject: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908–1973
subject: Fulda Gap (Germany)
subject: Freemasons
subject: Agent Orange
description: Captain David Shaffer served in Europe as an air traffic controller during the 1960s. Shaffer was raised in San Diego County where his father was an engineer for Convair. From a young age, Shaffer aspired to become a military pilot, a goal which his tall height prevented. As an air traffic controller, Shaffer spent most of his deployment in Portugal and West Germany during the Cold War. He designed forward airfields during the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, although the conflict was over before they could be used. After leaving military service, Shaffer taught high school industrial arts in North San Diego County. He used the G.I. Bill to gain his master’s degree from San Diego State College and his private pilot license. In this oral history interview, Shaffer tells stories from his military service and reflects on the importance of patriotism.
creator: David Shaffer
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-20
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Europe
coverage: Colorado Springs (Colo.)
coverage: Colorado
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)
coverage: California
coverage: Texas
coverage: Philippines
coverage: Pennsylvania
coverage: Cortez (Colo.)
coverage: Shelter Island (San Diego, Calif.)
coverage: Azores (Portugal)
coverage: Portugal
coverage: Germany
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: San Antonio (Tex.)
coverage: Oklahoma City (Okla.)
coverage: Tucson (Ariz.)
coverage: Arizona
coverage: Mississippi
coverage: New Jersey
coverage: Israel
coverage: Middle East
coverage: Austria
coverage: Bavaria
coverage: Kastellaun (Germany)
coverage: Koblenz (Germany)
coverage: Libya
coverage: Africa, North
coverage: United States
coverage: Winston-Salem (N.C.)
coverage: North Carolina
coverage: Iowa
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: Berlin (Germany)
coverage: Frankfurt (Germany)

Labrado, Ed. Interview November 17th, 2025.
subject: United States. Army
subject: United States. Army—Officers
subject: United States. Army. Signal Corps
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: Cold War
subject: University of California, Santa Barbara
subject: Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
subject: United States. Army. Army, 3rd
subject: United States. Army. Armored Division, 6th
subject: United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
subject: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (United States)
subject: Camp Roberts (Calif.)
subject: M1 rifle
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953
subject: M14 rifle
subject: M16 rifle
subject: Fort Gordon (Ga.)
subject: Fort Monmouth (N.J.)
subject: Cryptography
subject: Missiles
subject: Fort Ord (Calif.)
subject: Funeral rites and ceremonies
subject: Noncommissioned officers
subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
subject: Warsaw Pact (1955-1991)
subject: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
subject: Bank of America, National Association
subject: Nike Hercules missile
subject: Nuclear weapons
subject: Ramstein Air Base (Germany)
subject: Kennedy, John F., 1917-1963—Assassination
subject: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
subject: United States. Army—Deserters
subject: Nuclear warfare
subject: Deterrence (Strategy)
subject: Peace Corps (U.S.)
description: Edwin Joseph Labrado Jr. was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He was deployed in Europe during the Vietnam War. Labrado was born and raised in Santa Barbara, where he graduated from UCSB and completed the Army's four-year ROTC program. After graduation, he was assigned to the Army Signal Corps and later deployed to Europe. In Europe, he served as a battalion signal officer for a Nike Hercules missile battalion that had nuclear warheads. Some of his other responsibilities included communications training, military funeral honors, and the inspection of firing batteries. In this oral history interview, Labrado reflected on the Cold War, the US anti-Vietnam War movement, and how Americans treat veterans after military service.
creator: Ed Labrado
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-17
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Europe
coverage: Santa Barbara (Calif.)
coverage: Port Hueneme (Calif.)
coverage: California
coverage: Ventura (Calif.)
coverage: Georgia
coverage: New Jersey
coverage: Monterey (Calif.)
coverage: Oakland (Calif.)
coverage: Russia (Federation)
coverage: Soviet Union
coverage: Germany (East)
coverage: Germany (West)
coverage: Korea
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: Isla Vista (Calif.)
coverage: France
coverage: Germany
coverage: United States
coverage: Ukraine
coverage: Nagasaki (Japan)

Burke, Gina. Interview November 13th, 2025
subject: United States. Army Nurse Corps
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: Catholics
subject: Tagalog language
subject: Cebuano language
subject: Iloko language
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
subject: Leyte, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
subject: Nursing education
subject: Military nursing
subject: Fort Sam Houston (Tex.)
subject: Fort Bliss (Tex.)
subject: William Beaumont Army Medical Center (El Paso, Tex.)
subject: Travis Air Force Base (Calif.)
subject: Vietnam. Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Corps, 1st
subject: United States. Army. 95th Evacuation Hospital
subject: Quonset huts
subject: Scrub nurses
subject: Medical Civic Action Programs
subject: American National Red Cross
subject: Fort Hood (Tex.)
subject: San Marcos Vet Center (Calif.)
subject: San Diego VA Medical Center (San Diego, Calif.)
subject: Agent Orange
subject: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
subject: Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
subject: American Legion
subject: Palomar College (San Marcos, Calif.)
subject: Cruisin’ Grand (Escondido, Calif.)
subject: Post-traumatic stress disorder
description: Gina Burke served during the Vietnam War as a First Lieutenant operating room nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Burke spoke about her family background in the Philippines, immigration to the U.S., and father’s military service. She enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps so she could complete nursing school with financial aid. Burke deployed to Vietnam and served mostly as a scrub nurse at a time when operating room nurses were in high demand. Burke reflected on the difficult working conditions and traumatic experiences that characterized her wartime service. She spoke about her social life and experience as a woman in the military. In this oral history, Burke shared how the military shaped her life and worldview. She spoke about her transition to civilian life and struggles with PTSD. Burke reflected on how counseling, community service, and veteran associations helped her feel better about her military service.
creator: Gina Burke
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-13
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: San Marcos (Calif.)
coverage: Philippines
coverage: California
coverage: United States
coverage: Leyte (Philippines)
coverage: Cebu (Philippines)
coverage: Luzon (Philippines)
coverage: Denver (Colo.)
coverage: Escondido (Calif.)
coverage: El Paso (Tex.)
coverage: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
coverage: Da Nang (Vietnam)
coverage: San Diego County (Calif.)
coverage: Los Angeles (Calif.)
coverage: San Diego (Calif.)
coverage: Chula Vista (Calif.)

Luevano, Dora. Interview November 6th, 2025
subject: United States. Marine Corps
subject: Pacific Bell Telephone Company
subject: Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
subject: Camp Lejeune (N.C.)
subject: California State University, San Bernardino
subject: Palomar College
description: Dora Luevano served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was stationed at Camp Pendleton during the Vietnam War. Luevano worked in a warehouse and office, processing deceased servicemembers, collecting their personal effects, and writing letters to their family and loved ones. Luevano described her strict upbringing, immigration to the U.S. as a child from El Salvador, and decision to enlist in the Marine Corps. Luevano was forced out of military service for getting married and having a child, and she reflected on the harsh expectations and regulations that affected women in military service. She spoke about her 60-year marriage to her husband, whom she met in the Marine Corps, and their life together after military service. Luevano described how her civilian life was shaped by her upbringing, religion, military service, education, professional career, business ownership, and husband’s recent passing.
creator: Dora Luevano
publisher: California State University San Marcos University Library
date: 2025-11-06
contributor: Jason Beyer
rights: In copyright
format: video
language: English
coverage: Vietnam
coverage: San Salvador (El Salvador)
coverage: El Salvador
coverage: United States
coverage: San Francisco (Calif.)
coverage: South Carolina
coverage: New York (United States)
coverage: Fallbrook (Calif.)
coverage: Las Vegas (Nev.)
coverage: California
coverage: Palm Desert (Calif.)
coverage: Indio (Calif.)
coverage: Palm Springs (Calif.)
coverage: Philippines
coverage: Vista (Calif.)