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Oral history interview with Bunnie McCosar

Title

Oral history interview with Bunnie McCosar

Subject

Indians of North America

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

Indians of North America--Education

Off-reservation boarding schools

Boarding school students

Indians of North America--Wars--Veterans

Armed Forces--Aviation mechanics

Vietnam War (1961-1975)

Description

Bunnie McCosar (Muscogee), a 1956 graduate of Chilocco Indian Agricultural School, talks about attending Indian boarding schools and about having an interest in military service at an early age. He shares a few of his memories from Chilocco and explains how it prepared him for military life. McCosar discusses his military career and explains the different duties he had as an aviation mechanic and a helicopter pilot trainer. He gives his take on the Vietnam War and the politics involved. McCosar comments on his life after the military, his work as a deacon, and reconnecting with his Creek heritage.

Format

video

Identifier

okso_sok_265

Interviewer

Milligan, Sarah

Interviewee

McCosar, Bunnie, 1938-

OHMS Object

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Citation

“Oral history interview with Bunnie McCosar,” Chilocco History Project, accessed May 18, 2024, https://chilocco.library.okstate.edu/items/show/231.