Our guest today is Ohio University PhD candidate Cody J. Billock. Cody is a Fellow at the Contemporary History Institute Fellow at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he is completing a dissertation titled “Huế & The Global Vietnamese Civil War, 1945-1980,” under the direction of Alec Holcombe. Cody completed his BA and MA in History at San Diego State University, working with Pierre Asselin, and has studied at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi, Vietnam. Cody is the recipient of several Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) grants and is fluent in Vietnamese. He has worked in three of the four main national archives in Vietnam.

Chatting with an advanced doctoral student is essential to what we do here on Military Historians are People, Too. Join us as we discuss growing up around Marines, high school doldrums, discovering Vietnam’s rich history, learning Vietnamese and working in Vietnam’s Nation Archives, White Buffalo, and Chakhokhbili! For our graduate student listeners - it’s great to hear from a young scholar.

Shoutout to Kiser’s BBQ in Athens, Ohio!

Rec.: 02/09/2024