Vander Veen, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2005

Boring, Frank (Interviewer)

Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Morris Vander Veen is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Marines from 1944 to 1946. In this account he discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S. and the Pacific. Serving his active duty in the Pacific Theater, Vander Veen gives one a brief but detailed perspective of what island-hopping fighting was like specifically focusing on the fighting on Okinawa. He then discusses in some detail what his occupational duties and responsibilities were while stationed in northern China.

2005-01-17

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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