Kaufman, Earnest W., “Kaufman, Ernie (Interview outline), 2004,” Digital Collections, accessed February 16, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29098.
Ernie Kaufman grew up in Lowell, Michigan, and was drafted into the army in 1946. He trained in Texas and Mississippi, and was then shipped to Guam. He did construction work on bases there, and then transferred to Air/Sea Rescue, where he worked in the message headquarters section. He was discharged in 1948.