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Title
Beukema
,
Cornell
(Interview
outline
,
video
, and
papers)
,
2008
Creator
Beukema
,
Cornell
Description
Cornell
Beukema
graduated
from
Michigan
State
University
in
1943
,
went
through
a
series
of
OCS
camps
,
engineer
school
, and the
Second
Army
Mine
School
. He
specialized
in
bridge
building
,
mines
and
demolition
.
Sent
to
Japan
after
the
war
ended
, he
witnessed
the
destruction
wrought
by the
atomic
bomb
dropped
on
Nagasaki
as they
rebuilt
an
airfield
and
built
an
airport
. He
remained
in
active
reserve
in the
army
for a
number
of
years
after
WWII
; he was
finally
discharged
in
1953
, and he
spent
the
rest
of his
career
with the
Michigan
state
highway
department
.
Military
service
timeline
appended
to
outline
.
Contributors
McCauslin
,
Kelly
(Interviewer)
;
Spring
Lake
District
Library
(Spring
Lake
,
Mich.)
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Video recordings
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
United States. Corps of Engineers--Personal narratives, American
Language
eng
Rights
For information on copyright or permissions, please contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections at collections@gvsu.edu
Type
Moving Image; Text
Format
flv; pdf
Date
2008-03-08
Source
Veterans
History
Project
collection
,
RHC-27
Relation
Veterans
History
Project
(U.S.)
Contributing Institution
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Digital Identification
CBeukema
OCLC number
678589020
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