Donnelly, James, “Donnelly, James Francis (Interview outline), 2013,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28830.
James was drafted into the United States Army in 1970 and spent fourteen months in Vietnam as a medic. He was able to stay on his base and never went into the field. He returned home in November 1971.