George Ramirez - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series

Mickey Strand - Veterans Series

World War 2

Click on Veteran's photo to see their service story. These Warriors served during the World War 2.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Where can I donate?

I have created a way to accept donations to grow the project, use the WWII Veterans Portrait Series Go Fund Me.

Where are you located?

I live in the San Diego area but have traveled to many locations to interview and photograph Veterans.


How Long is an Appointment?

Appointments usually last an hour. But please free up time for Mickey to set up lights and cameras, hold the interview, and take some still photographers for in the project.

Do you accept reservations?

Yes is the simple answer to the question. Each appointment is set up as an individual session. Group sessions have been set up when I visited a senior living facility or many of the California Veterans Homes.

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US Army Private World War II Born on October 1st, 1919, Rifleman Paratrooper George Rodriguez Ramirez served in the US Army from June 1942 to November 1945. George attended basic training at Camp Toombs, Georgia, the home of the 101st Airborne Paratroopers, basic training, and jump school during WWII. This is where he was awarded his Parachutist Badge, aka Jump Wings, after completing the Basic Airborne training. Private Ramirez served with the 101st Airborne Division, 506th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, as a Rifleman Paratrooper. George made five combat jumps during World War II. The 101st made the night drop before the invasion of D-Day. Operation Neptune started before dawn, and clouds and antiaircraft fire behind Utah Beach scattered his unit. George recalled being separated from his company and taking cover in a culvert while enemy soldiers passed by. George narrated a combat experience as he was lying over his Lieutenant's body to protect him just in case the German soldiers saw them in the ravine. She said, “If I got hit, that was ok, but the Lt. needed to make it to lead the men”, was what George remembered. A following firefight allowed him and a few others to link back up with the rest of their unit. George is still saddened by the life he had to take that day to ensure his and his unit's survival. George made all of the combat jumps with the 101st Airborne during World War II, and during his jump into Holland for Operations Market Garden, he was wounded in the back and shoulder by shrapnel. George said he was lucky that it was only some shrapnel. George was awarded a Purple Heart while recovering at the hospital. George Rodriguez Ramirez was honorably discharged in November of 1945 after VE-Day. George posed with a shadow box built to show his awards and memories of his time during service, including a photo of him in his paratrooper class A uniform, his jump wings, his Purple Heart, and his four years of overseas combat zone stripes. He also proudly displays the WWII Honorable Discharge Emblem, aka the Ruptured Duck, that was sewn onto his service uniform after discharge.
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George Ramirez - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series
US Army Private World War II Born on October 1st, 1919, Rifleman Paratrooper George Rodriguez Ramirez served in the US Army from June 1942 to November 1945. George attended basic training at Camp Toombs, Georgia, the home of the 101st Airborne Paratroopers, basic training, and jump school during WWII. This is where he was awarded his Parachutist Badge, aka Jump Wings, after completing the Basic Airborne training. Private Ramirez served with the 101st Airborne Division, 506th Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, as a Rifleman Paratrooper. George made five combat jumps during World War II. The 101st made the night drop before the invasion of D-Day. Operation Neptune started before dawn, and clouds and antiaircraft fire behind Utah Beach scattered his unit. George recalled being separated from his company and taking cover in a culvert while enemy soldiers passed by. George narrated a combat experience as he was lying over his Lieutenant's body to protect him just in case the German soldiers saw them in the ravine. She said, “If I got hit, that was ok, but the Lt. needed to make it to lead the men”, was what George remembered. A following firefight allowed him and a few others to link back up with the rest of their unit. George is still saddened by the life he had to take that day to ensure his and his unit's survival. George made all of the combat jumps with the 101st Airborne during World War II, and during his jump into Holland for Operations Market Garden, he was wounded in the back and shoulder by shrapnel. George said he was lucky that it was only some shrapnel. George was awarded a Purple Heart while recovering at the hospital. George Rodriguez Ramirez was honorably discharged in November of 1945 after VE-Day. George posed with a shadow box built to show his awards and memories of his time during service, including a photo of him in his paratrooper class A uniform, his jump wings, his Purple Heart, and his four years of overseas combat zone stripes. He also proudly displays the WWII Honorable Discharge Emblem, aka the Ruptured Duck, that was sewn onto his service uniform after discharge.