Dykstra, James (Interview outline and video), 2010

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Jim Dykstra was born in Grand Rapids in 1947 and was attending Grand Rapids Junior College when he was drafted for military service in 1967. Jim was sent to Military Police School where he guarded a proving ground in New Mexico. Jim was then sent to Vietnam where he served as a guard at the military prison in Long Binh where convicted U.S. service men were kept. Because he had a little more education than the other guards, he was put in charge of the maximum security section of the prison, but he eventually changed jobs and took over the road patrol outside of the prison

2010-09-09

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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