Vander Wall, William (Interview outline and video), 2008

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Title

Vander Wall, William (Interview outline and video), 2008

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

William Vander Wall was born in Spring Lake, Michigan in 1922. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, he was very anxious about joining the service and was accepted into the Army on April 1, 1942. William trained with a mortar squad in Tennessee and also went through amphibious training in Massachusetts. On October 19th, they left on the USS Harrison towards French Morocco. William proceeded to help in the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, and Southern France.

Date

2008-09-04

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

RHC-27_VanderWallW

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Text
Moving Image

Language

eng

Citation

Vander Wall, William, “Vander Wall, William (Interview outline and video), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed April 19, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41157.
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