Bennink, Howard E. (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008

Citation

Bennink, Howard E., “Bennink, Howard E. (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed March 16, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/27190.

Title

Bennink, Howard E. (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008

Contributor

McCauslin, Kelly (Interviewer)
Spring Lake District Library (Spring Lake, Mich.)

Description

Howard Bennink enlisted in the Marine Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Bennink trained for six months at Camp Lejeune before traveling to New Zealand. He served in fought on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester and Iwo Jima during his tour of duty. He earned a Silver Star during fighting in Cape Gloucester, fought off several bouts of malaria, and was wounded two weeks into the fighting on Iwo Jima. Grand Haven Tribune newspaper article and personal narrative appended to interview outline.

Date

2008-01-28

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In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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