Veterans of Southeast Louisiana - An Oral History

Veterans profiled in this clip include ...

Ron Thibodaux, U.S. Army;

Ron Berger, U.S. Army;

Hymel "Sarge" Henry, U.S. Marine Corps;

Bill Runnels, U.S. Navy;

James Womack, U.S. Navy;

Charles Davidson, U.S. Army Air Corps;

Luke Bellanger, U.S. Marine Corps;

Jody Foret, U.S. Marine Corps;

Alex Hebert, U.S. Marine Corps;

Selwyn Gilmore, U.S. Army Air Corps; and

Richard Gibbens Robichaux, U.S. Air Force.
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Of the 300,000 veterans in Louisiana, more than 75,000 reside in eleven southeastern parishes, including Assumption, Ascension, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and Terrebonne.

If you are a veteran in southeast Louisiana and would like to contribute your story to this oral history project at Nicholls State University, please contact Neil Guilbeau, assistant archivist for Ellender Memorial Library, at (985) 493-2639 or neil.guilbeau@nicholls.edu.

Your contribution will help strengthen community ties and facilitate historical research for generations to come.

Thank you for your service.

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