Walbridge, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2004

Boring, Frank (Interviewer)

Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Jack Walbridge graduated from Caledonia High School in Michigan and in 1942 and then began taking courses at Grand Rapids Community College and also joined the Army Specialized Training Program. He was called up for service in May of 1943 and found basic training to be boring, so he volunteered to be a paratrooper. Jack went through paratrooper training at Fort Benning in Georgia and then later traveled in a very large convoy to Northern Africa. They made their way though Italy and France and Jack often worked as a scout. Jack was discharged shortly after the Battle of the Bulge and began working for his father's meat market in Michigan.

2004-06-26

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)