Interview with Raymond A. Waits, May 12, 2020
Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project
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Ray Waits served as a helicopter pilot in the U.S. Navy's HAL-3 Helicopter Attack Squadron, the "Seawolves" during the Vietnam War. Waits' 12-month tour of duty in Vietnam began in December of 1969. This interview discusses the 2020 pandemic and joining the Kentucky Army National Guard as a helicopter pilot.Interview Accession
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Waits, Raymond A. Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 12 May. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Waits, R.A. (2020, May 12). Interview by J. Suchanek. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Waits, Raymond A., interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. May 12, 2020, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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