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Title
Edema
,
August
(Interview
outline
and
video)
,
2008
Creator
Edema
,
August
Description
August
Edema
was
born
in
Byron
Center
,
Michigan
in
1920
. He was
drafted
after
Pearl
Harbor
was
attacked
when
he was
20
. He
went
to the
west
coast
and
trained
in the
96th
Division
. They
made
him a
staff
sergeant
and he
trained
new
recruits
for
2
years
.
After
that he
went
to
Leyte
,
Philippines
and was a
platoon
sergeant
.
August
fought
in the
jungle
of the
Philippines
until
he was
wounded
on
November
13
,
1944
. He
spent
the
rest
of the
war
in
hospitals
in the
Pacific
and the US, and was
discharged
when
the
war
ended
.
Contributors
Smither
,
James
(Interviewer)
;
Byron
Area
Historic
Museum
(Byron
Center
,
Mich.)
;
BCTV
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
United States. Army
World War, 1939-1945--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
2008-02-19
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
AEdema
OCLC number
678590032
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