Wessels, John (Interview outline and video), 2012

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Title

Wessels, John (Interview outline and video), 2012

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Contributor

Moore, Debra (Interviewer)

Description

John Wessels, born and in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1924, served in the U.S. Navy from January 1941 to November 1945 during World War II. After having completed his basic training, John was assigned to be an aviation radioman. His first deployment was to BOB 208, a unit of PBY seaplanes, in Florida and the Caribbean. Here, John looked for submarines. John was then transferred to the 208th of the 26th and flew in the Pacific, mainly performing reconnaissance. His unit started in Hawaii, served in several areas, including off Okinawa, and flew into Tokyo Bay at the end of the war.

Date

2012-03-23

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Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

WesselsJ1372V

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Wessels, John, “Wessels, John (Interview outline and video), 2012,” Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29622.
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