Besteman, Marvin J (Interview outline and video), 2010
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Title
Besteman, Marvin J (Interview outline and video), 2010
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Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
Marvin Besteman was born on June 29, 1934 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On November 8, 1956 he received his draft notice. After being processed in Detroit and at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri he went to Fort Carson, Colorado for basic training. He stayed at Fort Carson to help train recruits then received advanced infantry training there. He stayed at Fort Carson for two months as a company clerk then received orders for Europe. He was stationed at Patton Barracks in Heidelberg, West Germany as the Chief Clerk of Headquarters Company of United States Army Europe and his wife joined him there as an Army nurse at the hospital in Heidelberg. In 1958 he left Germany and then was discharged from the Army.
Date
2010-05-06
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
BestemanM0096V
Format
application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
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Language
eng
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Citation
Besteman, Marvin J., “Besteman, Marvin J (Interview outline and video), 2010,” Digital Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29983.