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Leroy-Rollins, Koty (Interviewer)

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Baldwin, Jeff

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2019-04

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Jeff Baldwin was born in Royal Oak, Michigan and grew up in Hartford, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army in 2004, two years after he graduated high school. He went to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri for basic training and advanced individual training to be a construction equipment operator. After that, he went to Fort Polk, Louisiana and was assigned to the 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. Baldwin was deployed to Afghanistan in 2006, where he worked to fix roads and clear routes of barriers and threats. After three months, he was injured and sent back to the base in Louisiana. After he recovered, he went to Baghdad, Iraq in 2007 for his second deployment. He stayed there for thirteen months, again working mostly in route clearance because IED’s were more of a threat. While in Iraq, he visited a palace for three days for R&R. He also reenlisted in Iraq and returned home in 2009. Baldwin finished out his service at Fort Leonard Wood as an advanced individual training instructor.

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Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)