The March 14, 2013, episode of
American Heroes Radio features a conversation with Robert G. Kay, a civilian
advisor to the South Vietnamese Navy.
Program Date: March 14,
2013
Program Time: 1500
hours, PACIFIC
Topic: An American
Advisor in Wartime Vietnam
Listen Live: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lawenforcement/2013/03/14/an-american-advisor-in-wartime-vietnam
About the Guest
Robert G. Kay is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota and currently resides in Pensacola, Fla. with his
Vietnamese wife. He retired from the US Navy as a lieutenant in 1969 after
being wounded and losing his leg in Vietnam. He returned to Vietnam as a
civilian advisor to the Vietnamese Navy at the request of the commander of US
Naval Forces in Vietnam. He held this post until the military left the country
in March 1973. He then worked for the Defense Attaché Office in Saigon until
the fall of South Vietnam in April 1975. He retired from Civil Service in 1997,
where he worked as a supervisory repair engineer for PERA (Surface) in the
former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.
Robert G. Kay is the author of Pass Me The Rice.
According to the book description
of Pass
Me the Rice, “Vietnam. It’s perhaps one of least known yet most
controversial wars in American history. What’s even more obscure are the tales
of Americans serving in the country and interacting with the culture of
war-torn Vietnamese civilians. Pass Me the Rice shares these experiences with
readers.
In Pass Me the Rice, author Robert
G. Kay reveals the everyday life of an American advisor during the Vietnam War
in a true, historical and often humorous account of his experiences while
serving the first two of his eventual eight years in country. The book provides
a unique perspective on the early Vietnam War by offering a glimpse of
Americans’ encounters with Vietnamese armed forces and civilians.
As an expert in Vietnamese
culture, Kay’s novel also sheds light on the value of casting off ethnocentric
worldviews. It offers an inside look at a country in a prolonged war for
survival and a period of history frequently cast aside. “The book shows how to
deal with another culture in the most dire of circumstances and why we
shouldn’t judge other cultures by our own standards,” Kay says. “It is
necessary to be aware of culture and avoid making mistakes that are viewed as
insulting.”
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police
slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and
life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a
sworn member of the Los Angeles Police
Department for 24 years. He
retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant.
He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice
Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California
State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work.
Raymond E. Foster has been a part-time lecturer at California State University,
Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a Criminal Justice
Department chair, faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and
University. He has experience teaching
upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, law enforcement technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has
published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such
as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine,
and Police One. He has appeared on the
History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject
matter expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
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