Doornbos, Derk (Interview outline and video), 2008

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Title

Doornbos, Derk (Interview outline and video), 2008

Creator

Contributor

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

Description

Derk Doonbos was born in the Netherlands in 1920 and immigrated to the United States when he was very young. He served in the Army during World War II. He was trained as an Infantryman. He served in North Africa, where he caught malaria. He also served in Italy, fighting in Anzio and taking Rome. He was then sent to Southern France, where he landed at Saint Tropez. He also fought in northern France and into Germany and was part of the group that liberated Dachau.

Date

2008-03-08

Rights

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

DoornbosD

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Doornbos, Derk, “Doornbos, Derk (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed December 25, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28832.
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