| Title: |
Raffi Armen Behadarian
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/21418
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
His parents brought him from Lebanon to America to escape the horrors of war, but young Raffi Bahadarian grew to love his new country so much he was willing to serve in its armed forces and return to the Middle East to fight in another war. He signed up with the Marine Corps Reserves and was called up to fight in Operation Iraqi Freedom, joining the First Marine Division to be among the first U.S. soldiers into Baghdad.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Speaker: |
Bahadarian, Raffi Armen, 1977-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
24-Jul-1977
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Beirut, Bayrut, Lebanon; Bayrut, Lebanon; Lebanon; Asia
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Schneider, Dorothy M.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Marine Corps
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| Historical events discussed: |
Iraq War, 2003; U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan, 2001
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| Locations discussed: |
Afghanistan; Asia; Iraq; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Afghanistan; Asia; Iraq; Iraq War, 2003; North America; Oral history; Soldiers; U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan, 2001; U.S. Marine Corps; United States; United States--Armed Forces; Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034269-37672
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