Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007

Citation

Monroe, Wayne S., “Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed April 13, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29291.

Title

Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
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Description

Wayne Monroe served in the US Navy between 1944 and 1946. Her served as a crewman on USS Kaskaskia, a large oiler, and saw action at Okinawa, where he witnessed kamikaze attacks. After the war, he sailed to Japan, China and Arabia before returning home to be discharged.

Date

2007-10-23

Rights

In Copyright

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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