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Title	Wilcoxon, Gregory (Video interview)
Transcript of interview (PDF)	http://www.library.ohiou.edu/cdm/images/cantigny/pdf/wilcoxon_greg_transcript.pdf
Collection	Cantigny First Division Oral Histories II
Interviewee	Wilcoxon, Gregory
Highest Rank/Grade Held	Colonel
Subject-People	Wilcoxon, Gregory
Subject-Name	West Virginia. -- Army National Guard United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- History United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- Biography United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Division, 1st -- Interviews
Subject-Place	West Virginia Iraq
Subject-LCSH	Iraq War, 2003- Soldiers -- United States -- Interviews
Run Time	1:00:54
Description	Colonel Greg Wilcoxon from Ironton, Ohio, joined the ROTC at Marshall University in May 1985, entering the National Guard after receiving his commission. Colonel Wilcoxon comments on how the 1st Division assimilated them right away upon deployment to Iraq regardless of their National Guard status. "We fit in very well with the 1st Division." Wilcoxon was present in Iraq and providing security for their first democratic election, which he saw as a tremendous success. When asked about having female soldiers, the colonel describes the need to have female soldiers to work at checkpoints as a matter of respect for the Iraqi women they would have to question and search. The colonel describes the 5 females attached to his unit (a combat arms unit is not supposed to include females) as a "great asset" as well as a necessity, confirming that they would go out on combat operations with the "grunts" and would do quite well. When asked about the use of technology in battle, Wilcoxon cites the usefulness of the Blue Force Tracker and being able to act on intelligence very quickly. Another change that has come with the Iraq War, notes Wilcoxon, is the more active role of National Guard units alongside the regular Army. Colonel Wilcoxon closes by expressing his pride in serving with the 1st Infantry Division.
Collection finding aid	http://alice.library.ohiou.edu/record=b4677159~S7
Interviewer	DeRubertis, Tony
Videographer	Triplett, Christopher
Producer	Falk, Jonathan
Location Recorded	Charleston (W. Va.)
Original Date	2009-07-09
Acknowledgements	Cantigny First Division Foundation WOUB Center for Public Media
More Info	http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm4/collection.php?CISOROOT=/CtgnyOrHis http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/
Copyright Info	Copyright for oral history interviews resides with both the interviewee and interviewer. Reproduced here with permission.
Copyright Holder	Wilcoxon, Gregory DeRubertis, Tony
Media Type	Moving Image
Original Format	DV - NTSC
File Format	Adobe Flash
Digital Identifier	cantigny_wilcoxon_gregory_20090709.mpg.FLV
Language	English
Publisher	Ohio University Libraries. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections

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