Alkema, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2015
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Title
Alkema, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2015
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Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
Richard Alkema was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1926. After graduating high school in 1944 he enlisted to the Navy. For his brief basic training he was sent to Great Lakes, Illinois. In Norfolk, Virginia he was trained to use the anti-aircraft guns to be a guardsman. Thereafter he traveled aboard the Seatrain Texas ship to Falmouth England, Naples Italy, and Marseille France to deliver locomotive engines. The ship next passed through the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor where Richard boarded LST 801. Their next destination would be Okinawa where they transported Japanese to the mainland in the aftermath of the War. His time in the military lasted two and a half years and he was discharged in 1946.
Date
2015-12-03
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Publisher
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
RHC-27_AlkemaR1905V
Format
video/x-m4v
application/pdf
Type
Text
Moving Image
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Citation
Alkema, Richard, “Alkema, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2015,” Digital Collections, accessed April 18, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40640.