Spencer, Fred S. (Interview outline and video), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Fred Spencer joined the Michigan National Guard in 1940, and served in Company C, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division. His unit was mobilized in October, 1940, and he went with them to train in Louisiana. From there he was shipped to Australia and then to New Guinea in 1942. Fred was wounded by a sniper at Buna, New Guinea, and spent over a year recovering first from the wound and then from malaria. He was finally sent back to the US, where he completed his service guarding German POWs in the southwest.

2008-10-28

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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