Hand, William (Interview outline and video), 2013

Citation

Hand, William, “Hand, William (Interview outline and video), 2013,” Digital Collections, accessed April 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28959.

Title

Hand, William (Interview outline and video), 2013

Creator

Hand, William

Contributor

McGregor, Michael (Interviewer)

Description

William "Bill" Hand was born in 1946 in Dallas, Texas. He took ROTC training while at the University of Houston, and did well enough to receive a regular army commission upon completion of the program in 1969. He served with the 82nd Airborne Division for several months, and then went to vietnam, where he was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, and took part in the final stages of the fighting at Firebase Ripcord in June-July 1970. After Vietnam, he remained in the Army until retiring in 1992.

Date

2013-10-11

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In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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