De Vries, Harvey (Interview outline and video), 2010
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Title
De Vries, Harvey (Interview outline and video), 2010
Creator
Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
Harvey De Vries was born on a farm in Michigan in 1922. He was drafted in 1943 started training as a tank destroyer gunner, but then switched to the paratroops. He arrived in England immediately before D-Day and did not take part in that action, but joined the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as a replacement. He fought with them in Holland and was wounded in that campaign, but returned to the division in time to participate in the defense of Bastogne and stayed with them through the rest of the war.
Date
2010-01-12
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
DeVriesH
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
De Vries, Harvey, “De Vries, Harvey (Interview outline and video), 2010,” Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/28859.