Cavanaugh, Sidney Jr. (Interview outline and video), 2013
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Title
Cavanaugh, Sidney Jr. (Interview outline and video), 2013
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Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
Sidney Cavanaugh was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1942 and later moved down to Jacksonville, Florida. After graduating from high school in 1961, he tried going to college several times. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1964. He trained as a radio operator for the 2/17th Artillery 155 Howitzer out of Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He also was trained as a crew chief on a Mojave Helicopter. When he was sent to Vietnam, he was made a door gunner on a Huey Hog Ship with the 2/20th artillery, 1st Air Cavalry Division, and participated in the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965.
Date
2013-08-15
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
CavanaughS1492V
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Cavanaugh, Sidney Jr., “Cavanaugh, Sidney Jr. (Interview outline and video), 2013,” Digital Collections, accessed May 12, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28768.