Responsibility of a Nation: Honoring the Forgotten

Mr. Ellis is featured in this National History Day documentary honoring the sacrifices of Vietnam Veterans produced by Alexis Keene and Morgan Warner in 2014.

Interview

Paul Ellis, Interviewed by Alexis Keene, 2014

Video Contents
1.      His enlistment
2.      Friendships
3.      Difficulties coming home
4.      Difficulties from the loss of soldiers
5.      Unpopularity of the Vietnam War
6.      Ellis shares a story about an experience he came across involving the unpopularity of the war
7.      Responsibilities we, as Americans, have towards soldiers 
8.      Simple ways to honor veterans

Mr. Paul Ellis
Interviewed by Alexis Keene, 2014

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Paul Ellis chose to be a part of the United States Air Force as a security policeman, and in Vietnam he was assigned to the 35th combat support group. 

He was ranked as Staff Sergeant at the age of 20. Paul enlisted in the Air Force as he was number eight on the draft list for Umatilla County.

Ten months after Paul returned home from Vietnam, he and his wife had their first baby. Paul then resigned from the army after having some stress/medical problems and devoted his life to farming.