DeYoung, Nelson (Interview outline and video), 2014

Semeneck, Evan (Interviewer)

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.

2014-10-19

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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