Garner, Gerald (Interview transcript and video), 2017

Notes:: Gerald Garner was born in West Branch, Michigan, on May 25, 1927. During the Great Depression, his family's jewelry shop was diversified as his father agreed to share the space with an energy company so he could pay the rent. Garner signed onto a radar technician program with the Navy in the closing months of the war and attedned Boot Camp at Great Lakes Naval Station. He was in Alameda, California, when the war ended and was quickly offered an early-out of the service due to the flood of dischargees returning home. He then went on to attend optometry school in Chicago on the GI Bill.
Date Created:: 2017-11-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries
Collection:: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Place:: World War II
Subject Topic:: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American, United States. Navy, Oral history, Veterans History Project (U.S.), United States--History, Military, Veterans, and Video recordings
Language:: eng
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URL:: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/45493