Rosencrans, Larry Michael, “Rosencrans, Larry Michael (Interview outline and video), 2015,” Digital Collections, accessed April 4, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40695.
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Rosencrans, Larry Michael (Interview outline and video), 2015
Larry Rosencrans was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1948. After high school he was drafted in 1967 and his basic training took place at Fort Knox, Kentucky. At Fort Polk, Louisiana he underwent his AIT training before being sent to Vietnam in 1969. Near Pleiku Vietnam at Camp Enari he underwent more training, and then he was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. In the jungles Larry would participate in a number of missions until 1969 when he left Vietnam. From 1970-1972 his mechanical repair skills came in handy in Fort Hood, Texas where he worked as a heavy duty mechanic, then later as a motor pool clerk.