Van Singel, Harris (Interview outline and video), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)

BCTV

Harris Van Singel was born in Byron Center, and has lived there his entire life. He went to school, and graduated from Byron Center School in 1940. He avoided the draft for four years because his two brothers had both enlisted, and because he was doing farm work. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1944, and was trained as a remote control gunner on the B-29. He initially wanted to be a pilot, but they had too many applicants. He served in the Pacific theatre, and flew on 14 combat missions over Japan from a base on Saipan.

2008-01-29

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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