Blumenthal, Daniel S.
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Dan Blumenthal oral history interview, March 22, 2018
Item — Othertype Oral History: Series I; Series II; Series III; Series IV
Identifier: BlumenthalD_20180322
Scope and Contents
Interviewed by Andrew Reisinger. In this interview, Dan Blumenthal discusses his family and early life, his attempts to avoid the Vietnam War draft, and how these experiences ultimately led him to public health service. He then describes his service as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program and the difficulties of opening a medical clinic in rural Arkansas during the 1960s. Blumenthal also briefly recounts his time as a medical journalist working for the underground newspapers The Ungarbled...
Dates:
March 22, 2018