Zahn, Ronald (Interview outline and video), 2012

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Title

Zahn, Ronald (Interview outline and video), 2012

Creator

Contributor

McGregor, Michael (Interviewer)

Description

Ron Zahn, born in 1951 in Indiana, served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. Ron was forced to enlist in the Army after receiving an MIP. He underwent basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and AIT at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he was trained on artillery. In early 1970, Ron was sent to Vietnam where he served in A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery in the 101st Airborne Division. His battery was based at Camp Evans, and moved around the northern part of South Vietnam, spending time at Firebases Rakkasan, Gladiator, Kathryn and Ripcord and at Camp Carroll. His battery was on Ripcord while it was under siege and evacuated in July, 1970.

Date

2012-10-06

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

ZahnR1444V

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Zahn, Ronald, “Zahn, Ronald (Interview outline and video), 2012,” Digital Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29473.
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