Cox, Anthony (Interview transcript and video), 2011
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Cox, Anthony (Interview transcript and video), 2011
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McGregor, Michael (Interviewer)
Description
Tony Cox was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 31st, 1949. He received basic training at Ft. Knox, Kentucky and AIT at Ft. Polk, Lousiana. He also went to NCO school in Ft. Benning Georgia. He was assigned to Delta Company, 1st of the 506. He became squad leader after being in the field a while. In the battle around Firebase Ripcord in July, 1970, his company got into trouble in an area southeast of Hill 805. It was a very hot LZ and there were many casualties and many wounded. Mr. Cox went back to the bush after being treated for a gunshot wound, transferred to the 3rd platoon as a squad leader for the rest of his tour.
Date
2011-10-06
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Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
CoxT1278V
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application/pdf
video/mp4
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Moving Image
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Language
eng
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Citation
Cox, Anthony, “Cox, Anthony (Interview transcript and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28741.