Homminga, Wellington Francis (Interview outline and video), 2009

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Title

Homminga, Wellington Francis (Interview outline and video), 2009

Contributor

Boring, Frank (Interviewer)

Description

Wellington "Bill" Homminga served in the 126th Infantry Regiment of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division during World War II. After training in Australia for Jungle Warfare, his unit served in New Guinea in the Buna campaign, where his company spent 21 days isolated at a roadblock behind Japanese lines. After his unit was relieved, he came down with malaria, and continued to suffer from malaria and other tropical diseases until his discharge in 1944.

Date

2009-02-19

Rights

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

HommingaW

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Homminga, Wellington Francis, “Homminga, Wellington Francis (Interview outline and video), 2009,” Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29010.
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