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Marine Corps","Retired military personnel","Personal narratives","Oral history","Oral histories","Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society","Military history"]},{"label":"Place","value":["Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, San Diego County, California, United States","Marine Corp Recruit Depot Parris Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States","Đông Hải, Sóc Trăng, Vietnam","Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Onslow County, North Carolina, United States"]},{"label":"Time Period","value":["(1954-1971) Civil Rights era","(1945-1989) Post War/Cold War period"]},{"label":"Description","value":"Gerald Thomas Smith was born on October 15, 1948, in Halifax County, Virginia. The Smith family moved to Caswell County, N.C., in 1951, where they worked as sharecroppers. Gerald Smith enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on January 4, 1967, during the Vietnam War. He competed boot camp at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, S.C. Smith was then assigned to an Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; and next went for infantry assaultmen training at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California.  Upon the completion of his training, Smith was granted a postponement for his tour of duty in the Vietnam War, because his older brother Fred A. Smith was already deployed. Smith served as an instructor at Camp Pendleton for a year, until his brother returned to the U.S. During this time, Smith participated in a fire-power exposition for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) in Hawaii.  Gerald Smith deployed to Vietnam in spring of 1968. During his tour, he served with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, based out of ??ông Hà Combat Base, near the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). He returned to the United States in early July 1969, and was released from the U.S. Marine Corps on July 17, 1969. Smith reached the rank of Sergeant during his military service. After his military service, Smith worked for a roofing and sheet metal company, and would eventually become a superintendent at a construction company. He also became an ordained minister. Smith married Deborah Ann Boswell on September 17, 1970, in Caswell County, N.C. At the time of the interview, he was living in Julian, N.C."},{"label":"Digital Characteristics","value":"4 pages"},{"label":"Format","value":["Summaries"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"All rights held by the State Archives of NC. Permission to publish must be obtained from the registrar in writing."},{"label":"Source Collections","value":["Military Veterans Oral History Collection. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]}],"description":"Gerald T. 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