Series 6 - Michael Coyne Vietnam memoir

13pp

Citation for a published source: Coyne, Michael as told to Wesley Bourke (2017), 'Delta 13 Charlie: Reflections of an Irish Soldier in Vietnam', Irish America 32, no. 6, pp. 64-69.

Printout of the electronic version of a Military Story magazine article reprinted in Irish America magazine documenting the war experiences of Michael Coyne (b. 1945) of Jenkinstown, County Meath, one of a select number of Irishmen who fought for the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Coyne’s decorations include a Combat Infantry Badge, a Bronze Star with V Device, Purple Heart with two clusters (Coyne was in fact wounded five times during the war), a Vietnam Campaign medal, and a Gallantry Medal awarded by the then South Vietnamese government. Returning to Ireland in 1979, he became a founding member of the John F. Kennedy Post, American Legion (Dublin), in 1996. He later took a case against the United States government over the effects of Agent Orange, a chemical used to defoliate the jungles in Vietnam.

This text is not available online in full due to copyright restrictions. It may be consulted on the Irish America website (https://www.irishamerica.com/2017/10/delta-13-charlie-reflections-of-an-irish-soldier-in-vietnam/) or in person in the University of Galway's Archives and Special Collections Reading Room.