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Universities & colleges--Michigan--Allendale; Universities & colelges--Michigan--Grand Rapids; Grand Valley State University; Grand Valley State College; College publications; Press releases
Press releases submitted by News & Information Services to news agencies concerning people, places, and events related to the University.
Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; Veterans ; Video recordings; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Marine Corps
James Abrams was born in Sparta, Michigan, in 1923, and eventually grew up in Montana. After moving to Grand Haven, Michigan, he joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor. After boot camp in San Diego, he was shipped to the Solomon Islands and joined...
Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; Veterans ; Video recordings; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; United States. Navy
Charles Aldrich was born in 1925 in Hastings, Michigan, and enlisted in the US Navy after Pearl Harbor at the age of 17. He trained for 5 weeks at Great Lakes, and then went to gunnery school in Little Creek, Virginia to train as an Armed Guard for...
Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; Veterans; Video recordings; United States. Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American;
Doug Anderson was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated from Union High School in 1943. He enlisted in the Navy and began training one month after graduation. Doug went through accelerated college courses at Oakland College in...
Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; Veterans; United States. Army. Air Corps; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Video recordings;
Wayne Anderson served as an armorer in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He was based in England and serviced fighter planes, primarily P-51 Mustangs, that escorted bombing missions. At the time of the Battle of the Bulge, he was assigned to...
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.
World War, 1939-1945; United States--History, Military; Michigan--History, Military; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; United States. Army. Engineer Base Shop Battalion, 411th; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean; Landing...
Assembly plant for Landing Craft Vehicle/Personnel (LCVP) in Cairns, Queensland Australia, 1943.