Thrasher, David (Interview transcript and video), 2018
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Dave Thrasher was born on May 19th, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan. Thrasher joined the Marine Corps in 1973 and attended boot camp at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in San Diego, California, where trained in aviation electronics and worked on the Marine Corps helicopters. After his training, he was deployed to Cambodia for Operation Eagle Pull and remained off the coast of Vietnam to aid in the evacuation effort. Thrasher also participated in joint operation Display Determination as well as efforts to rescue people escaping Cuba and Teamwork 88 military exercise in Norway. He was stationed in Somalia for both Desert Storm and Desert Shield before returning to California in April, 1993, leaving the service, and settling in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
2018-08-12
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Thrasher, David Ross, “Thrasher, David (Interview transcript and video), 2018,” Digital Collections, accessed November 9, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/45547.