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- XF6U-1 Pirate US Navy fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Escort vessel chart, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Meteor IV British fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- US AVP (seaplane tender), small, June 15, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-06-15T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Yamato class, Japanese BB (battleship), January 15, 1945.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-15T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F3D Skynight US fighter, January 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- XB-52 Stratofortress, US bomber, April 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-04-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- P2V-6 Neptune, US patrol, April 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F-102, US fighter, March 1, 1954.
- Date Created:
- 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Fletcher class, , US destroyer, September 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-09-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Sheet Music of the U.S.S. Michigan March composed by J.R. Shannon
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Len Berkenpas was born in 1925 to a farmer in Byron Center, MI. Was drafted into the Navy in 1943 and worked as a cook at Naval Air Base Livermore near San Francisco, CA. He did not spend any time on a ship at sea.
- Date Created:
- 2008-06-30T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- Sunderland British R (resister), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Richelieu French BB (battleship), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F6F Hellcat fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- P-86, US Air Force fighter.
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- B-29 Superfortress bomber, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- XP5Y patrol, January 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Midayway class, US CVB (large aircraft carrier), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- XF9F-2 US Navy fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- German heavy bomber, reconnaissance, Heinkel 177, May 28, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-05-28T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Badger USSR jet bomber, March 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-03-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Jake DeWitt served during the Second World War as a Gunner's Mate on the USS Roper, a destroyer from WWI. The Roper patrolled the Virginia coast where it sunk its first German submarine, then travelled to the Straits of Gibraltar for convoy duty. She was eventually struck near Okinawa when a Japanese fighter plane crashed into the side of the ship injuring DeWitt. Dewitt was eventually discharged after recovering from his arm injury.
- Date Created:
- 2010-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- Illustrious British CV (aircraft carrier), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F6F Hellcat US Navy fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- PV-2 Harpoon US Navy Patrol, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- R-60 Constitution transport, December 1, 1949.
- Date Created:
- 1949-12-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Fletcher class, US DD (destroyer), Radford-DD 446, April 2, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-04-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Essex class, US CV (aircraft carrier), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F-84F Thunderjet USAF fighter, November 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-11-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- George Anderson was born on February 5, 1931 in Coopersville, Michigan. He enlisted in the Navy in 1951. He was sent to the Great Lakes training center in Chicago, and then transferred to Newport, Rhode Island, where he took torpedo training. He was sent to San Francisco and assigned to the USS Curtis. He did not see any combat, but he went through patrols that took him all across the country and to Pearl Harbor. He worked in the armory of the ship.
- Date Created:
- 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- Mosquito British, NA F (fighter), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Lincoln British B (bomber), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- LA-5 Russian fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- LA-5 Russian bomber, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Sverdlov Russian cruiser, September 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-09-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Shtorm Russian DD (destroyer), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Type 7 (F-84 Type) Russian fighter, November 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- YAK 15 modified Russian fighter, November 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- B-24 Liberator US Army heavy bomber, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- B-29 Superfortress US Army bomber, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F-86 fighter, July 1, 1948.
- Date Created:
- 1948-07-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- German RF/P reconnaissance fighter, torpedo bomber, HE (Heinkel) 115, July 5, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-07-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Tampa 240 ft. US Coast Guard class cutter served as part of the naval forces during WII.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- St. Louis class, US CL (light cruiser)-Helena, CL 50.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- US DE (destroyer escort), DE-51 class, November 1, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- U.S.S. Michigan postcard
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Postcard of the U.S.S. Michigan crew
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Sunderland British R (resister), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Silnyl class Russian destroyer, March 1, 1954.
- Date Created:
- 1954-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- P-82 Twin Mustang US Army fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F4U Corsair US Navy fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Saipan class US CVL (light aircraft carrier), April 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- B-26 Marauder twin-engine medium bomber used by the US Army.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Oyodo class, Japanese CL (light cruiser), January 20, 1945.
- Date Created:
- 1945-01-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- XPY5Y, US patrol, April 1, 1952.
- Date Created:
- 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- John Carlson is a U.S. Navy veteran that served before and during the Vietnam War first aboard the USS MacDonough (before Vietnam) and aboard the USS Wainwright during the Vietnam War and saw action in the Gulf of Tonkin during Operation Rolling Thunder. He was born in Holland, Michigan in 1943 and enlisted in the Navy in 1961. He trained at Great Lakes Naval Academy and specialized in electronics. He traveled throughout the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Macdonough and the Tonkin Gulf and South Pacific aboard the USS Wainwright. He then had shore duty in Charleston, South Carolina, and left the Navy in January 1970.
- Date Created:
- 2011-10-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- F7U-3 Cutlass US fighter, September 1, 1954.
- Date Created:
- 1954-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- P-61 Black Widow US Army night fighter aircraft, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- TU-70 Russian transport, September 1, 1948.
- Date Created:
- 1948-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- XXI type (ex-German) Russian SS (submarine), confidential, September 1, 1948.
- Date Created:
- 1948-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- SC-1 Seahawk US Navy observation aircraft, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- P2V Neptune US Navy patrol aircraft, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- RB-47E stratojet USAF photo-recon, September 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- York British RAF C transport, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Firefly fighter British NA FR (fighter reconnaissance), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Colony class British cruiser, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Tudor 4 British trasnport, September 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Passenger liner, USMC type, May 25, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- New Mexico class, US BB (battleship), May 1, 1945.
- Date Created:
- 1945-05-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Shackleton British RAF bomber, January 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- HRS, US helicopter transport, April 1, 1952.
- Date Created:
- 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- R7V-1 Constellation, US transport, September 1, 1954.
- Date Created:
- 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Oakland class, USS Juneau, US CLAA (anti-aircraft light cruiser), April 1, 1952.
- Date Created:
- 1952-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Victor British RAF jet bomber, March 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-03-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Albert Barker was born in 1925 in Stanton, Michigan. Albert grew up on a farm and was doing farm work when he was drafted into the Navy in 1943 and was then sent to Great Lakes, Illinois where he spent eight weeks in basic training. After his training, Albert was sent to the South Pacific where he met up with his PT squadron in New Caledonia. After being in New Caledonia, he was sent to Rendova Island where he patrolled waters against the Japanese. After Rendova, he was sent through the Solomon Islands until he was eventually sent to the Philippines. Albert was sent home from the Philippines and was discharged in Bainbridge, Maryland in 1946.
- Date Created:
- 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- LA Galissonniere class French Cl (light cruiser), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- IL 2, 3 Russian attack, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Type 27 Russian bomber, November 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- F4U Corsair US Navy fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Essex class, US CV (aircraft carrier), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- US Passenger-cargo, modern, June 15, 1944.
- Date Created:
- 1944-06-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Prestonian Canadian PF (patrol escort), March 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Ray Cebulski served aboard the USS Kittyhawk as an A-6 pilot during the Vietnam War. In this interview Cebulski describes day-to-day life for a bomber pilot aboard a carrier, additional duties he had, night interdiction missions into North Vietnam, and some of the people that he served with.
- Date Created:
- 2007-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- Fred Spencer joined the Michigan National Guard in 1940, and served in Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division. His unit was mobilized in October, 1940, and he went with them to train in Louisiana. From there he was shipped to Australia and then to New Guinea in 1942. Fred was wounded by a sniper at Buna, New Guinea, and spent over a year recovering first from the wound and then from malaria. He was finally sent back to the US, where he completed his service guarding German POWs in the southwest.
- Date Created:
- 2008-10-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- David Burkholder was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 21, 1926. He grew up there and on August 24, 1944 he enlisted in the Navy Hospital Corps. He received basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He received further medical training in Sampson, New York and at Balboa Park, San Diego, California. He received X-ray technician training at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland and was stationed there until he requested assignment to a ship. He served aboard the USS Cadmus off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia as an X-ray technician until he was discharged on November 18, 1947. Due to his X-ray technician training in the Navy he worked as an X-ray tech after the war.
- Date Created:
- 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Collection:
- Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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- Meteor IV British fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Lancastrain British transport, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Sea Hornet XX British NA (fighter), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Vanguard British BB (battleship), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- YAK-9 Russian fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- IL-4 Russian bomber, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Kirov class Russian CA (heavy cruiser), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
- Notes:
- P-80 Shooting Star US Army fighter, October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- T2V-1 US trainer, September 1, 1955.
- Date Created:
- 1955-09-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Russian light bomber, IL-2, November 15, 1943.
- Date Created:
- 1943-11-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Admiralty modified "W" class, HMS Whitehall, British DD (destroyer).
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- AJ USN attack aircraft, January 1, 1951.
- Date Created:
- 1951-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Guppy II class, US submarine, April 1, 1953.
- Date Created:
- 1953-04-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
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- Hornet British, NA F (fighter), October 1, 1947.
- Date Created:
- 1947-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Valley State University. University Libraries