Poloski, Stanley (Interview outline and video), 2014

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Title

Poloski, Stanley (Interview outline and video), 2014

Contributor

McGregor, Michael (Interviewer)

Description

Stanley Poloski was born in 1948 in Richmond, Virginia. He lived in Richmond, Virginia until his family moved to central Florida. He grew up in Florida and attended high school and community college there until he was drafted. In the summer of 1969 he reported for basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and from there took advanced individual training specializing in artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In November 1969 he was deployed to Vietnam and was assigned to B Battery 2nd Battalion 319th Field Artillery Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division based out of Camp Evans. He served with them at multiple firebases before they were sent to Firebase Ripcord in March 1970. He served at Ripcord through the Battle of Ripcord until the firebase was evacuated on July 23, 1970. After the battle his unit was dissolved and he was reassigned to the 82nd Airborne Division operating near Saigon. He stayed in Vietnam until he was sent home on Christmas Eve, 1970 arriving home on New Year's Eve, 1970.

Date

2014-10-08

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

RHC-27_PoloskiS1691V

Format

video/x-m4v
application/pdf

Type

Text
Moving Image

Language

eng

Citation

Poloski, Stanley, “Poloski, Stanley (Interview outline and video), 2014,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41079.
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