Vander Veen, Maurice, “Vander Veen, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2005,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29931.
Title
Vander Veen, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2005
Michigan Military Preservation Society (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Description
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.