Stafford, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)

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Raymond Stafford was born in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan in 1937. He enlisted in the Navy and was assigned to a mine sweep boat, but later moved down to the Panama Canal Zone to be on the security force. After that he went on the SS Iowa, the SS Galveston and the USS Sierra battleships and trained on the east coast. While he was on the USS Sierra he took part in the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1968 Raymond was sent to Columbus, Ohio and made chief petty officer. He went through the survival, evasion, resistance, and escape program and was sent to Vietnam to be in charge of a patrol boat river unit. Raymond spent 2 years in Vietnam and was sent back to the US.

2008-01-22

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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