Kennaugh, John (Interview outline and video), 2012

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Kennaugh, John (Interview outline and video), 2012

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Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

John Kennaugh was born in Rockford, Illinois in 1923. He became part of the Illinois Reserve Militia, which took the place of the National Guard. John was drafted in February of 1943 and was sent to Camp Grant, Illinois for basic training. He also trained in St. Petersburg, Florida, Utah, Iowa, and Texas. John was then deployed on a transport ship for thirty-three days before landing in Bombay, India. After being stationed at [Ninga] airbase for some time, he was sent to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. In India, John worked with pilots that were recovering body's form the front lines of Burma. He then volunteered himself for similar work in China where he passed through Xi'an and Kunming, China. Upon hearing of a Transport Squadron plane that had crashed, John was sent alongside two others and an interpreter to recover the soldiers. After finishing his work in China, John was sent to California, went to school, and eventually became a City manager.

Date

2012-10-16

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Publisher

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

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Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

KennaughJ1460V

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application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
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Language

eng

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Kennaugh, John, “Kennaugh, John (Interview outline and video), 2012,” Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29107.
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