| Interviewee | BYNUM, Angela (b. 1977) |
| Military Service | U.S. Army OIF Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1677 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. Childhood and education in California and Gatesville and White Settlement, Texas; decision in enlist in U.S. Army; basic training and advanced training as motor transport operator at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri; inability to withstand Airborne training at Ft. Benning, Georgia; postings in Kansas and Germany; decision to leave active duty in 2002; use of GI Bill benefits to attend Tarrant Community College; 2004 call-up from reserve duty and deployment to Iraq; family’s concerns regarding deployment; training in avoidance of improvised explosive devices; transport missions between Iraq and Kuwait; aspects of daily life for American soldiers stationed in Iraq. |
| Interviewer(s) | Vogel Castillo |
| Physical Description | 39 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
