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OH 1675

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeMALDONADO, Anthony (b. 1984)
Military ServiceU.S. Army OIF Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1675
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school; decision to enlist in U.S. Army; experiences in basic training at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; deployment to Kuwait and Iraq; experience of being reunited with sister at Balad Air Base outside of Baghdad; duties guarding and transporting confiscated weapons caches, including stress of participation in truck convoys; experience in mortar attack at Camp Anaconda; return to Ft. Sill; general discharge from Army; opinions regarding military service.
Interviewer(s)Rebecca Bonine
Physical Description43 pp.
Terms of UseOpen