Wendt, Steven, “Wendt, Steven (Interview outline and video), 2010,” Digital Collections, accessed March 13, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29618.
Steve Wendt served in the US Navy between 1968 and 1972. He did a tour in Vietnam as an engine mechanic working on river craft on the Mekong River. He went on numerous patrols and saw combat on a regular basis. His unit went into Cambodia on a number of occasions, and helped to escort Vietnamese refugees from Cambodia back into Vietnam.