Dave's discussion with Phil Shore III, a Vietnam Veteran and library employee who served in Saigon during the Vietnam War in a non-combat role.
Philip L. Shore , III is a well-known and beloved citizen of Asheboro, NC and has performed in countless stage roles, musicals, downtown ghost walks and is generally a fixture of the community. As a library employee, he fills each day with laughter, a love of words and has an unusually keen grasp of the geography of the collections in the Asheboro Library. It is even rumored that Mr. Shore has a close and longtime friendship with Santa Claus!
During his early 20's, though, Phil served in Southeast Asia; in Saigon, working in the Personal Property Depot next door to the Army Mortuary, dealing with and sending home the remains of the many young infantrymen who were fighting in the jungles of Vietnam. Despite our tendency to think of the Vietnam War as young men with M-16s trudging through the jungle with the rock music of the era playing in the background, Phil's experience was very different: he never saw combat himself, but he did see the results of that combat and the lifelong memories have left him, as he puts it in his own words, "scarred emotionally". Phil take an hour out of his day to discuss his experiences in a very open and honest conversation with Dave.
[Listener Advisory Warning!] The following episode of Dave and the Borrowers is a candid tale that deals with death, war, post-traumatic stress and related subjects. We ask that you listen with discretion.
During our conversation Phil refers to the movie Killers Three. This 1968 American crime drama was produced by Dick Clark and filmed almost entirely in Randolph County, North Carolina, including Ramseur and Coleridge.