Vedrode, John, “Vedrode, John (Interview outline and video), 2007,” Digital Collections, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29939.
John Vedrode served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945. He describes combat on Eniwetok, where he earned a silver star for destroying a Japanese gun emplacement, serving with Carlson's Raiders in the Philippines, and serving on occupation duty in Japan after the war.