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Hillam, Ray C.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1928 - 2009

biographical statement

Citation:
A Time to kill, 1989: CIP t.p. (Ray C. Hillam) pub. info. (prof., political science, Brigham Young University) data sheet (b. 7-25-28)

legacy, via WWW, June 18, 2015 (Ray Hillam Obituary; b. July 25, 1928 Carlin, NV to James and Mabel Hillam; mission in Sweden; BA Political Science at UoU 1954; 1956 married Carolyn Sanders' MA George Washington University; PhD Political Science American University; U.S. Army Korean War; Tokyo, Japan intelligence analyst; 1960 BYU faculty 33 years; assisted International Relations program and David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies; Chairman of Political Science Dept.; recieved three Fulbright Scholar Awards to Vietnam, Taiwan and Beijing, China; d. Aug. 10, 2009)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Howard Allen Christy interview and responses to questions

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230330240]
Identifier: MSS SC 3165
Scope and Contents Transcript of an interview conducted by Murray Duff on 29 March 1985 and responses to questions posed by Ray C. Hillam in November of 1985. Christy graduated from college in 1955 and joined the Marine Corps. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and retired from the Marines in 1975. Christy was in Hawaii when the Vietnam War broke out and was made a company commander of a rifle company in the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...
Dates: 1985 March 29
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Howard Allen Christy interview and responses to questions

Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231042422]
Identifier: MSS 6290
Abstract This collection consists of interviews with Korean and Vietnam veterans under the direction of Ray C. Hillam for his war project. It covers topics such as recruitment, training, daily routines, duties, missions, how their experience as an LDS soldier differed from their fellow soldiers, and many other topics as the veterans reveal their war experiences and what it meant to them. Includes six interviews, each interview consisting of a transcript and either a cassette tape or audio reel of the...
Dates: 1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Hillam War Project interviews of Korean and Vietnam War veterans

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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American 1
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Veterans 1
Latter Day Saints -- Interviews 1
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Oral Histories 1
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Transcripts 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American 1
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans 1
War -- Moral and ethical aspects 1
War -- Psychological aspects 1
War -- Religious aspects 1
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