{"id":709,"date":"2019-04-18T15:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T15:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/?page_id=709"},"modified":"2019-05-02T05:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T05:40:00","slug":"william-field","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/archive\/william-field\/","title":{"rendered":"William Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/96B40BF7-FA1E-441D-B70C-B5BEAD6B6488.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"768\" class=\"wp-image-768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/96B40BF7-FA1E-441D-B70C-B5BEAD6B6488.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/96B40BF7-FA1E-441D-B70C-B5BEAD6B6488-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Kent State University, 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D70D58D7-B18E-4513-A2A4-8256978FC84F.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"807\" data-link=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/?attachment_id=807\" class=\"wp-image-807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D70D58D7-B18E-4513-A2A4-8256978FC84F.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D70D58D7-B18E-4513-A2A4-8256978FC84F-300x158.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Cambodia following U.S bombing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy Field was born in Sylacauga, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama during the time of the Kent State shootings. During his time as a student at the University he worked as an anti-war protestor, following the Kent State shootings as well as U.S. escalation in Vietnam. The University of Alabama was heated. Couple this with continuous suppression of constitutional rights not only on from the Tuscaloosa Police but the university itself, and things were tense. Following college he moved to Hollywood where he blended his love of history and storytelling, became a screen writer. Today he is a professor at his alma mater where he instructs students in film production, screenwriting, and history. He also runs his own website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightscameraalabama.com\/\">www.Lightscameraalabama.com<\/a>, where he and his students produce documentary films focusing on Alabama history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/C811EBC8-D25E-4F49-B5DA-66A2EAAEFD84-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/C811EBC8-D25E-4F49-B5DA-66A2EAAEFD84-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/C811EBC8-D25E-4F49-B5DA-66A2EAAEFD84-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/C811EBC8-D25E-4F49-B5DA-66A2EAAEFD84-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/C811EBC8-D25E-4F49-B5DA-66A2EAAEFD84-1568x1045.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/C811EBC8-D25E-4F49-B5DA-66A2EAAEFD84.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2 Mixdown by User 879002798\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F614475570&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"836\" src=\"http:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/97CA019A-D118-4BE7-8B1B-1EA08C95E22D-1024x836.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/97CA019A-D118-4BE7-8B1B-1EA08C95E22D-1024x836.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/97CA019A-D118-4BE7-8B1B-1EA08C95E22D-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/97CA019A-D118-4BE7-8B1B-1EA08C95E22D-768x627.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/97CA019A-D118-4BE7-8B1B-1EA08C95E22D-1568x1280.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/97CA019A-D118-4BE7-8B1B-1EA08C95E22D.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8221; Well, okay, all over the country. You\u2019ve got to realize that this was the time of the civil rights movement. The women&#8217;s movement and the anti-war movement was going on all over the country. I mean, the country was cooking and university campuses were cooking. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"T Mixdown by User 879002798\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F614490588&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/9B70E34F-CA24-4AE9-99A2-1BEAF48066B7-1024x835.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/9B70E34F-CA24-4AE9-99A2-1BEAF48066B7-1024x835.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/9B70E34F-CA24-4AE9-99A2-1BEAF48066B7-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/9B70E34F-CA24-4AE9-99A2-1BEAF48066B7-768x626.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/9B70E34F-CA24-4AE9-99A2-1BEAF48066B7-1568x1278.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/9B70E34F-CA24-4AE9-99A2-1BEAF48066B7.jpeg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;It was just a tragedy that politicians would promote that were killed between 2 and 4 million Vietnamese. 58,000 American boys and women are on that wall, and it was all because of a bright and shining lie. The politicians simply could not, um, say we made a mistake. We&#8217;re backing down. I mean, even the Pentagon papers proved that 80% of the reasons today over there was to quote, save face. So your son dies because they wanted to save face. It&#8217;s about as wrong a wrong can be, okay. There&#8217;ve been a lot of tragedies this country&#8217;s pulled off. Slavery. Probably number one, uh, extermination of the native population and Vietnam was you know, I mean killed between two and four million Vietnamese for no reason, you know?  &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 Mixdown by User 879002798\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F614475567&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"468\" src=\"http:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/uaks-1024x468.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/uaks-1024x468.png 1024w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/uaks-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/uaks-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/uaks.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;Yeah, so it&#8217;s a scar on America. And but that is not in any way a scar on the boys who went over there and got killed or came back with one leg, ya know. Those guys were brave guys and a lot of now, looking back on it were glad that they went. But a lot look back on it with some bitterness. They were lied to, but it was wrong. And the people, the American people, should have stood up and said so here, here we go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud aligncenter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4 Mixdown by User 879002798\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F614475555&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D42C537E-1CFF-4D45-82C5-5414AB97C2D7-839x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D42C537E-1CFF-4D45-82C5-5414AB97C2D7-839x1024.jpeg 839w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D42C537E-1CFF-4D45-82C5-5414AB97C2D7-246x300.jpeg 246w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D42C537E-1CFF-4D45-82C5-5414AB97C2D7-768x937.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D42C537E-1CFF-4D45-82C5-5414AB97C2D7-1568x1914.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/D42C537E-1CFF-4D45-82C5-5414AB97C2D7.jpeg 1586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> &#8221; So the university turned into a way of more of a listening place and more, and more of an accepting place of students ideas. And so, you know, like that a new college was born, so there was a major shift. Now, as far as campus unrest, that last night in the Deeks turning, you know, power, power to the people, the little girl&#8217;s yelling pigs, pigs the university couldn&#8217;t fathom. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the interview Professor Field gave several very moving accounts that echo some of the sentiments, that have been expressed, historically, about the events in question. He provided great insight into the dynamics of a domestic environment and how they came to be effected by a foreign war. Furthermore, he communicated some of the ideas present in the turbulent situations associated with the conflict in Vietnam. He chronicled the lengths in which those in positions of authority chose to go to manipulate that authority instead of using it to maintain order and promote a healthy method of discourse and understanding, especially in a time such as that one, where everyone seemed close to the edge. Whether it be the reception of soldiers returning from war, to the ever depleting lack of trust between the university and its students, Professor Field provided valuable historical context into the mind of one of the individuals within the movements that put their foots down and required more of this nations societal establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to Full Transcript:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabama.box.com\/s\/hwl4jca98ramgtmh92v201l24wfbd5ot\">https:\/\/alabama.box.com\/s\/hwl4jca98ramgtmh92v201l24wfbd5ot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Link to Full Interview: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alabama.box.com\/s\/tj2sjbnhbcku5w00ej5jc8oilv6ad6su\">https:\/\/alabama.box.com\/s\/tj2sjbnhbcku5w00ej5jc8oilv6ad6su<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional Readings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We Didn&#8217;t Fire a Shot, We Didn&#8217;t Burn a Building : The Student Reaction at North Carolina State University to the Kent State Shootings <\/em>by: Christopher J. Broadhurst<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Kent State shootings, the Long 1960&#8217;s, and the Contest Over Memory<\/em> by: Nancy Bristow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Kent State\/ May 4 and Postwar Memory<\/em> by: John Fitzgerald O&#8217;Hara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Pentagon Papers<\/em> commissioned by Secretary of State, Robert McNamara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Field was born in Sylacauga, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama during the time of the Kent State shootings. During his time as a student at the University he worked as an anti-war protestor, following the Kent State shootings as well as U.S. escalation in Vietnam. The University of Alabama was heated. Couple &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/archive\/william-field\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;William Field&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":124,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1967,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/709\/revisions\/1967"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/vietnamwar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}