Toms, Alan (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2011

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Title

Toms, Alan (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2011

Creator

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
WKTV
WKTV (Wyoming, Mich.)

Description

After completing his tour in Vietnam with the Air Cavalry, Alan Toms returned to the United States, where he completed drill sergeant training before going to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. From Fort Campbell, Toms deployed for a second time to Germany, where he met a girl from Hamburg who he eventually married. Toms returned to the United States in 1970 with his wife and her son and went to Fort Knox, Kentucky to give more basic training. Eventually, the Army sent Toms back to Western Michigan University, where he finished his degree before deploying for a third time to Germany, to join the Berlin Brigade. Finally, when Toms returned to the United States, he went to the Virginia Military Institute's ROTC program before finally retiring from the military.

Date

2011-03-10

Rights

Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

TomsA2

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Toms, Alan, “Toms, Alan (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed December 24, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29468.
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