Wilcox, Jeffrey (Interview transcript and video), 2008

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Wilcox, Jeffrey (Interview transcript and video), 2008

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Smither, James (Interviewer)
WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)

Description

Jeffrey Wilcox was born in New York and moved to Gary, Indiana as a youth. After high school, he attended West Point, and graduated in 1968. He was then assigned to an Army unit that was stationed in Berlin. He stayed there for a year, and was then shipped off to Vietnam. He joined the 101st Airborne Division, and operated for some time in the Ripcord Fire Support base. There, he frequently encountered the enemy, getting a minor wound in the process. After Vietnam, he spent a year and a half in the Transport Corps in Washington DC. After his time in the service, he worked for various different veterans support and advocacy groups on the west coast.

Date

2008-07-31

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

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Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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WilcoxJ

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video/mp4

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eng

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Wilcox, Jeffrey, “Wilcox, Jeffrey (Interview transcript and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29631.
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