Nyenhuis, Stephen, “Nyenhuis, Stephen (Interview outline and video), 2012,” Digital Collections, accessed April 2, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29298.
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Nyenhuis, Stephen (Interview outline and video), 2012
Stephen Nyenhuis was born in 1949 in Princeton, Minnesota. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade and was eventually drafted into the Army in 1969. Stephen was sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for eight weeks of basic training and was then sent to Fort Gordon, Georgia for AIT training. He then transferred to Fort Polk, Louisiana where he learned to be a truck driver. After his training at Fort Polk, he received his orders for Vietnam. While in Vietnam, Stephen worked in convoys transporting supplies and near the end of his service he fixed flat tires. Because of his duties he never saw combat.