Texas Story Podcast

50 years later, Jim and other veterans continue to work to make sense of their time in country and shed light on the varying experiences service members encountered during the Vietnam War.

Jim narrates the full combat tape that started this podcast.

Medevac units were at greater risk of coming under attack. Jim and other veterans describe the perilous work of medevac crews during the Vietnam War.

The draft process during the Vietnam War allowed Jim to serve his country as a conscientious objector, a military classification for soldiers who served but did not carry a weapon because of religious or moral objections to war. Jim tries to make contact with other COs.

Texas native and veteran combat medic Jim Kearney brings a fifty-year-old recording of combat during the Vietnam War to the Bullock Museum. After nearly half a century, Jim begins to dive into his past to make sense of his Vietnam experience.