Ramon, Edward (Interview transcript and video), 2018
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Title
Ramon, Edward (Interview transcript and video), 2018
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Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
Edward Ramon was born in 1942 in San Antonio, Texas, and graduated high school in May of 1960. Ramon received a scholarship to play football at Texarkana Junior College, but decided to join the Army in 1961. He completed his Advanced Individual Training at Fort Ord, California, and his Finance Training at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, before he trained as a medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Ramon was involved in the Cuban Missile Crisis response in the early '60s and trained as a helicopter pilot after reenlistment. He was deployed to Vietnam in January, 1966, with the 1st Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne and the 82nd Airborne Divisions. While he primarily flew gunships, he also participated in various rescue missions in Vietnam.
Date
2018-11-01
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Publisher
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
RHC-27_RamonE2278V
Format
video/mp4
application/pdf
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
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Citation
Ramon, Edward, “Ramon, Edward (Interview transcript and video), 2018,” Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/45525.