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Title
Blanchard
,
Roy
(Interview
outline
and
video)
,
2007
Creator
Blanchard
,
Roy
Description
Roy
Eugene
Blanchard
was a
WWI
veteran
who
served
in the
Michigan
National
Guard
–
126th
Infantry
Regiment
on the
Mexican
border
and in
Europe
.
Roy’s
son
,
Clark
,
is
conducting
this
interview
in
memory
of his
father
. At
15
years
old
,
Roy
managed
to
join
the
Michigan
National
Guard
despite
the
fact
he was
underage
.
Soon
after
joining
,
Roy
was
sent
to the
Mexican
border
to
stop
the
raiding
of
Texas
towns
by
Mexican
gangs
.
While
in
Mexico
,
WWI
broke
out
and
Roy’s
division
was
immediately
shipped
over
to
France
. In this
interview
,
Clark
shares
many
detailed
stories
about
his
father’s
time
on the
front
,
including
unique
stories
of
mustard
gas
and
barbed
wire
.
Clark
also
discusses
the
time
his
father
saw
a
fellow
solider
get
hit
by
shrapnel
and also the
time
Roy
was
blinded
by
mustard
gas
.
Because
Roy
kept
diaries
of his
time
on the
front
, the
stories
Clark
tells
are
very
clear
and
truly
give
one
a
sense
of the
front
lines
.
During
WWII
,
Roy
was an
auxiliary
policeman
for
Grand
Rapids
who
policed
many
of the
women’s
baseball
games
.
Contributors
Bloom
,
Jeff
(Interviewer)
;
Ferris
,
Jay
(Interviewer)
;
Forest
Hills
Eastern
High
School
(Ada
,
Mich.)
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Subject
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Michigan. National Guard. Infantry, 126th
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, American
Video recordings
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
2007-06-02
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
RBlanchard
OCLC number
678589684
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