Allen Campbell |
Date: July 30, 2009
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Warning: This interview contains graphic descriptions of extreme violence. Viewers are encouraged to visit the online trauma workshop interview prior to consuming this content. Allen Campbell was born in Los Angles and raised as an orphan in New Orleans. He later joined The U.S. Marine Corps after college. After leaving The Corps, Campbell traveled throughout Eastern and Western Africa including work in Rhodesia in 1973, and flying humanitarian operations in Mozambique in 1984. Campbell was asked to assist the American Embassy in Kampala, Uganda to fly missions exploring reports of human bodies in Lake Victoria. He subsequently ran multiple rescue missions at the height of genocidal massacres in Rwanda. Campbell granted this interview to serve as a witness to the horrors of the violence in Rwanda, as well as to continue his process of recovery from extreme PTSD suffered as result of his involvement. Full Length Interview Movies These movies represent mostly uncut and unedited interviews in their entirety. All interviews will be transcribed with associated movies per paragraph. These full length movies are intended primarily to more quickly distribute this content to interested educators and students around the world. *The audio on parts 3-6 is of lower quality due to microphone problems. This will be improved once transcription is completed. |
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