Photo Album

Ray’s parents, Ray Sr. & Ann

Boland’s wedding photo, 1936

Ray’s parents in the 1940’s

Ray’s parents, 1965, in Chicago

Ray’s parents in Texas, 1974

Grandparents

Ray and Dad

Both Ray Bolands

proudly in their uniforms.

Dancing with the Stars?

Ray at 5 years old in 1943

Ray & Alan

The original Blues Brothers

1944 with Ray on left and his brother, Alan on right.

Ray's Father

before he went to Europe for WW II.

Ray & Alan

at Wisconsin family farm.

Ray with his Grandma Duske

at grade school graduation, January 1951.

First official ROTC military uniform

Ray, as a high school freshman when he was 13-years old.

Basic Training

at Fort Leonard Wood in March 1956.

High School grad

Ray & Jackie’s honeymoon

was part of a college trip with a stop in New York City.

Commissioned

as a Second Lieutenant at Fort McCoy in 1959, Ray is shown with his father.

Mr. Boland the teacher

with his 1961 classes at Roche A Cri School in 1961.

B Battery - 121st Artillery Battalion

from Marshfield, WI, before being deployed to Fort Lewis, WA. Ray was a Second Lieutenant and is in the front row.

The Beavers in 1964

The three Boland boys in 1964

Left to right - Dave, Michael and David.

Stationed in Hanau, Germany

in 1965, Ray flew the L-19 Bird Dog where he was an aviation officer for the 215th Field Artillery Group.

Captain Boland June 1966

Ray’s wife, Jackie, wanted a “nice” photo of Captain Boland before he was deployed on his first tour in Vietnam.

Qui Nhan Vietnam 1965

The aviators became friends with the Vietnamese neighborhood kids during their stay in Qui Nhon, Vietnam,

Ray as the Unite Supply Officer

Near the supply room where Ray was the unite supply officer during his first tour of duty in Vietnam, 1966

The Otter

The Otter aircraft in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, November, 1966

Vietnam Otter

The Otter aircraft in Vietnam, 1967. Notice the dirt landing strips.

Results from mortar attack

Evidence of a mortar attack on the Otter while stationed at Pleiku, Vietnam, January 1967

Schrapnel holes in the Otter from mortar attach at Pleiku - Jan 1967

Otter - Nha Qiang Dec 1066

Captain Boland

flying an Otter in Vietnam, January 1967.

Remote Village in Vietnam

A remote Vietnam village where Ray flew near the village and then took a Jeep into the village.

U-6A Beaver from Fort Rucker

Captain Boland flying an Otter in Vietnam, January 1967.

Football stars

Developing football stars while Dad is in Vietnam. Left - Dan in 5th grade and right, Dave in 3rd Grade, 1968.

Ray Back of Cobra

Ray in the back seat of a Cobra in Vietnam, 1970.

Ray and plane Vietnam

Damaged Cobra

from a rocket attack in Vietnam, 1970.

Ray's damaged quarters

after being hit by a rocket in Vietnam, 1970.

Ray as part of the El Toros

at Camp Eagle, 1970, in Vietnam.

Stressed Ray

The stress of continuous action in Vietnam is being to show on Ray’s face, August 1970.

Ray & Jackie

in Hawaii for a little R&R in 1970.

Family back from Vietnam

Family photo after Ray returned from second tour of duty in Vietnam, Christmas 1970.

Camping trip

Ray’s assumption of command

in Hawaii, 1978. Ray is on the left.

Ray & Jackie

at Ray’s Army War College Graduation, 1981.

Ray and Jackie

A Special Night!

After Ray gives Bob Hope a Fort McCoy jacket with Hope’s name on it.

Ray’s final day

as an active-duty soldier and his retirement at Fort McCoy, July 1, 1991.

Soldiers from 1970 Camp Eagle

Receiving their awards. Third from right: Fred Cappo, second from right Dick Femrite, and far right Joe Maxson.

Ray with pilots from Camp Eagle

2023 - Third from left - Dick Femrite, Fred Cappo and far right Joe Maxson.

Ray and sons

Ray Boland

High Flight