Kuizema, Harold (Interview outline and video), 2005

Boring, Frank (Interviewer)

Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Harold Kuizema was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1925. After high school, he had tried to join the Air Corps, but was unable to because the testing determined that he was colorblind. In November of 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Corps during World War II. He trained with the 106th Division, which went to Europe in the fall of 1944. His specialty was primarily communications and he was responsible for operating the telephones and laying wires from the guns to the observation points. His artillery unit had just taken up positions on the Ardennes front when they were attacked at the start of the Battle of the Bulge. He managed to stay a step ahead of the Germans, and was fighting at a roadblock when he was wounded and evacuated to England.

2005-03-03

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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