VandenBosch, James (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007

Notes:
James VandenBosch, born in Ada, Michigan, enlisted in the Navy in 1966 and trained as a medical corpsman. After a cruise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Shangri La in the Mediterranean, he trained for combat duty with the Marines at Camp Lejeune and was sent to Vietnam in 1968. After a short stint with a Civil Action Patrol working in the villages near Da Nang, he became the senior corpsman for a rifle company of the 26th Marines, and participated with them in a series of combat operations. He spent the last part of his tour at a hospital in Da Nang. After his discharge, he eventually decided to go to nursing school and re-enlist in the Navy, this time as a nurse and officer. He did so, and retired from the Navy in 1989.
Date Created:
2007-06-28T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
Collection:
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Subject Topic:
Oral history, Veterans History Project (U.S.), United States--History, Military, Michigan--History, Military, Veterans, Video recordings, United States. Navy, and Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Language:
eng
Rights:
<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a>
URL:
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29928