WAR STORIES
Richard Crawford, veteran
Larchwood, Iowa
Richard Crawford, 2008
Branch of Service: United States Army
Military Service: Commissioned, July 17, 1967 - June 27, 1969
Army Reserve until - January 31, 2003

Audio Interview

 


Richard Crawford, 2008 (Interviewed by Johanna Sailor, SDPB Radio)


During the Vietnam War Rich Crawford's Unit captured 22
shotguns made in Ithaca
, New York - Registered War Trophy


 Rich Crawford (left) with one of his squads during the Vietnam
War; they are shown building an antenna tower


Remote fire support base in a small village in the Mekong Delta 


Radio Tower built during the Vietnam War - photos by Rich Crawford         

Radio Tower built during the Vietnam War - photos by Rich Crawford         


Radio Tower built during the Vietnam War - photos by Rich Crawford  
       


Radio Tower built during the Vietnam War - photos by Rich Crawford         


Radio Tower built during the Vietnam War - photos by Rich Crawford         


Orphanage adopted by Rich Crawford's company during the
Vietnam War; the soldiers shared food with the children and
constructed a swing   



The soldiers shared food with the orphanage children


and constructed a swing   


Rich Crawford's room after major explosion of ammunition dump   
 

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