Jack Cassidy Dartmouth College Oral History Program the Dartmouth Vietnam Project February 13, 2020 Transcribed by Dominic Repucci ‘20
Jack Cassidy Dartmouth College Oral History Program The Dartmouth Vietnam Project February 13, 2020 Transcribed by Dominic Repucci ‘20 REPUCCI: Alright, my name is Dominic Repucci. I am a senior History major here at Dartmouth College and I am here today on Baker Berry 406 [Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, NH] with a Mr. Jack Cassidy. I am interviewing today for the Dartmouth Vietnam Project and the date is 2/13/2020 [February 13, 2020]. Mr. Cassidy, would you mind stating and spelling your name just for the purpose of the archive? CASSIDY: Sure. Jack Cassidy, C A S S I D Y. REPUCCI: Perfect. Thank you for your participation in this interview Mr. Cassidy. And do you mind if I call you Mr. Cassidy or Jack? CASSIDY: No, just call me Jack. REPUCCI: All right, Jack. CASSIDY: My father was Mr. [laughter]. REPUCCI: Perfect. Jack, when and where were you born? CASSIDY: I was born June 18th, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. REPUCCI: What was New Haven like back then? What was your early life like? CASSIDY: Early life was, it was inner city. It was very ethnic, lots of Irish, lots of Polish, Italians, Jews, Blacks were all mingled in the same area. We all lived in the same, within two or three blocks. There was people who just came over from Poland and Europe, people who were again, all different ethnicities. And it was a great neighborhood. It was safe, it was fun. We played in the streets, we played football in the streets. We ran around in backyards and climbed fences and garages and got into trouble by breaking windows or--and, but it was a neighborhood where everybody knew you.
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