Ramon Guitard | Generations of Heroes

Iraq War

*** Please Note: This video contains detailed information about a soldier's experience with an IED. The soldier's description of these events is very disturbing and will not be appropriate for all audiences.***

*** Fifth-grade standards have been included for your reference, however, viewing by 5th-graders is not recommended. Teachers and parents, please use your own discretion. ***

Ramon Guitard relays very detailed information on his experience while serving in Iraq on October 9, 2004, when an IED exploded when hit by his vehicle. He lost some vision and his right leg in the explosion. He describes other details about the injuries he suffered and the recovery process. Interview by Chris Bonds from Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC.

​Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina educators and students a chance to document the living memories of heroes and civilians who have served the United States from World War II to today’s soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Standards

• 5-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by the United States during the period from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the present.
  • Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1992 and the advent of the computer age, the world has become more globally interdependent. To understand the world today and his or her role as an informed participatory citizen, the student will utilize t...
    • 5-6.3 Explain the impact of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the home-front responses to terrorism.
• 7-6 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the significant political, economic, geographic, scientific, technological, and cultural changes as well as the advancements that have taken place throughout the world from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the present day.
  • Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the world’s attention no longer focuses on the tension between superpowers. Although problems rooted in the Middle East have captured the world’s attention more consistently than the majority of ...
    • 7-6.3 Explain the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, including the Persian Gulf War, the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.