Ray Moon, warrior, on Episode 207
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Conversations with Big Rich
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A warrior in all respects, Ray Moon fought in Vietnam and continued fighting for our rights when he returned. Land warriors were as important in the beginning as they are now. Ray was inducted in the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1979. Ray is why we say; legends live at ORMHOF.org. Be sure to tune in on your favorite podcast app.
3:12 – I had my first encounter with a Jeep in Vietnam and I didn’t know how to drive the damn thing
7:41 – it worked out very well, the military structure, I got it, I grew up.
16:29 – I live in Simi Valley now and volunteer at the Reagan Library, the Presidential Library
29:11 – PTSD is what they call it today, and we all have problems with that, I was no different
35:43 – I became the conservation chairman for Cal Four Wheel Drive
41:23 – There was a woman who was so happy we were closed down so she could take her Buick out and enjoy the posies, and the BLM guy was like, no, if we restrict them, we restrict you
47:16 – we wanted to take a reasonable attitude toward all that
53:51 – you don’t go into any of this stuff for the glory
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