Diekevers, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2015

Diekevers, Joseph (Interviewer)

Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)

Donald Diekevers was born in 1937 in McBain, Michigan. He decided to enlist into the Army at 17. At Fort Knox, Kentucky he received basic training, while further training took place at Fort Carson, Colorado, and later at Fort Bliss, Texas. Their training involved the use of 90mm artillery and lengthy 70 mile marches. Eventually he would be stationed in Washington D.C. for the last part of his service. In 1954/55 he met his wife and they finally married after being discharged from the military in 1958.

2015-05-20

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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