Bernhardt, Fred (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007

Citation

Bernhardt, Fred , “Bernhardt, Fred (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 13, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/27203.

Title

Bernhardt, Fred (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Fred Bernhardt enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in early 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as an artillery observer for naval bombardments. He also served as a guard of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki, and was part of the post-war occupation force as an MP in the Nagasaki area.

Date

2007-11-13

Rights

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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