United States Marine Corps. "Jimmie C. Edwards, 26, is a Texas state legislator from Conroe and former Marine. One month after he arrived in Vietnam in 1959, both his legs were blown off by a mortar shell near Ben Hoa." Quotes Edwards. "Reaction to Vietnam Failure: Waste-Bitterness-Frustration," 3/21/1975, section E, p. 1.
El Paso Times .
United States Marine Corps (Retired). 64th Legislature.
Texas House of Representatives, Chief Clerk's Office - Biographical Data, House of Representatives .