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Back from the Dead: Ronald Ridgeway's Vietnam Ordeal
Marine PFC Ronald Ridgeway of Texas was believed dead after Khe Sanh firefight on Feb 25 1968. He survived a five year Hanoi Hilton captivity, returned home in 1973, and later spoke of the ordeal while his peers mourned and he rebuilt his life.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Ronald Ridgeway
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Sanh
Ghost Patrol
Ridgeway
Sam Houston High
Mildred
National Cemetery
St. Louis
Veterans Affairs
United States
Marines
Pfc
Fourman
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Donald Jacques
Jacques
Kenneth Pipes
James Bruder
Allentown
Ray Stubbe
Battalion of Kings
Charles Geller
East St. Louis
Geller
Houston
Willie Ruff
Columbia
S.C
Ruff
Pipes
California
Ronald
Stubbe
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
North Vietnam
Hanoi Hilton
U.S
Ronnie
Ron Ridgeway
Marie
Jefferson Barracks
Matthew Busch
Washington Post
Department of Veterans Affairs