DeYoung, Nelson (Interview outline and video), 2014

Citation

DeYoung, Nelson, “DeYoung, Nelson (Interview outline and video), 2014,” Digital Collections, accessed March 14, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41023.

Title

DeYoung, Nelson (Interview outline and video), 2014

Creator

DeYoung, Nelson

Contributor

Semeneck, Evan (Interviewer)

Description

Nelson DeYoung is a World War II veteran who was born on November 11, 1924. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and was drafted on March 4, 1943. He started off training to go into the Medical Corps until he became a cook in the Army. He served at Camp Bradley, Texas
Camp Tyson, Tennessee
at Fort Gordon, Georgia
and in Florida. At the end of the war he was sent to India to aid with the removal of American wounded from India out of Karachi. He was discharged in 1946.

Date

2014-10-19

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In Copyright

Publisher

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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