| Interviewee | RAMIREZ, Tony (b. 1947) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army Vietnam Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1656 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Fort Worth, Texas; enlistment in U.S. Army at age of fourteen; training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Ft. Benning, Georgia; deployment during Cuban Missile Crisis; discharge from Army and enlistment in U.S. Marine Corps; training at Camp Pendleton, California; deployment with 3rd Marines near border with North Vietnam; later experiences with 26th and 9th Marines; combat experiences; “search and destroy” missions; experiences as a “tunnel rat”; drug use among American soldiers; circumstances of three battlefield injuries during two tours of duty; postwar adjustment; civilian career; involvement in various veterans’ groups and volunteer work in Fort Worth. |
| Interviewer(s) | Dawn Steinecker |
| Physical Description | 58 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
