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Raymond Primm [1999]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Cold War; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Air Force; Army
  • Unit of Service: 4928th Test Squadron, 4925th Test Group (Atomic); G Company, 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
  • Location of Service: Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands); Camp Funston, Kansas; Fort Riley, Kansas; Chosin Reservoir, Korea
  • Highest Rank: Corporal; Staff Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/24863

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"You never were in one place very long." (Video Interview, 11:31)

Raymond Primm finished his Army basic training just prior to the outbreak of the Korean War. He was eager to fight, having enlisted at 16 with his head full of heroic imagery from World War II movies and newsreels. On the voyage to Korea in the fall of 1950, he was disappointed to hear predictions that the fighting would be over by Christmas. He became a rifleman whose unit seemed always to be on the move. During one operation, they would take a hill, retreat from it at night to allow artillery shells to fall harmlessly on it, and take it back the next day. He survived two instances of friendly fire from U.S. planes, and was wounded in an explosion that led to his being wrongly listed back home as killed in action. Primm's tour in Korea ended prematurely when it was discovered he had lied about his age to enlist.

Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Raymond Primm Collection

Names

  • Daugherty, Sandra J.
  • Primm, Raymond
  • Association of the United States Army (AUSA)

Home State

  • Arkansas

Headings

  • -  Primm, Raymond
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Air Force.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Unit of Service: G Company, 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division
    • Location of Service: Camp Funston, Kansas; Fort Riley, Kansas; Chosin Reservoir, Korea
    • Highest Rank: Corporal
    • Dates of Service: 1950-1951
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Air Force
    • Unit of Service: 4928th Test Squadron, 4925th Test Group (Atomic)
    • Location of Service: Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands)
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1954-1958
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran participated in Operation Teapot (1955); Operation Redwing (1956); worked as an electronic instrumentation technician on Operation High Dive, Operation Man High, Operation High Altitude, Operation High Speed Ejection Seat.

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 1999-05-15; 2012-10-31)
  • Video: Betacam SP [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 1999-05-15; 2012-10-31)
  • Video: Betacam SP [2 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 1999-05-15)
  • Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2004-05-26)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1997)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2000)
  • Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1955)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/24863

Cite as

  • Raymond Primm Collection (AFC/2001/001/24863), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

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Citing VHP Materials

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Daugherty, Sandra J, Raymond Primm, and Association Of The United States Army. Raymond Primm Collection. 1950. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.24863/.

APA citation style:

Daugherty, S. J., Primm, R. & Association Of The United States Army. (1950) Raymond Primm Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.24863/.

MLA citation style:

Daugherty, Sandra J, Raymond Primm, and Association Of The United States Army. Raymond Primm Collection. 1950. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.24863/>.