Shipley, John, “Shipley, John (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed December 6, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29534.
Kerr, Kathryn (Interviewer) Forest Hills Eastern High School (Ada, Mich.)
Description
John Shipley was in the U. S. Army and National Guard from 1971 through 2006. He served as a Command Sergeant Major during Viet Nam, the Cold War, and in Panama. While John did not talk much of his 35 years in the service, he did say that he learned a lot about how the world works and about the behavior of nation-states.