Mc Farland, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2005

Ray, Emily (Interviewer)

Gibbons, Brittany (Interviewer)

Jerry McFarland was born on March 24, 1933 and enlisted in the Navy in 1950 after graduating from high school. Jerry trained at Great Lakes Naval Academy in Chicago, Illinois and was then stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. He worked there for about 4 years transporting Marines to Puerto Rico to train for the Korean War. Jerry was discharged after 4 years, but found himself bored with civilian life and then enlisted in the Army. While in the Army Jerry worked in Texas, Germany, France, Colorado Springs, and Vietnam, where he served with an engineer unit.

2005-05-23

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

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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