Vega, Fidel (Interview outline and video), 2014
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Fidel Angel Vega was born on June 30, 1973 in the Bronx, New York. During his adult life, Fidel worked a number of unsatisfying jobs that led him to enlist in the Army. In the army, Fidel served first as a combat engineer in the 326th Engineer Battalion of the 101st Airborne Division. Fidel was later transferred to the 82nd Engineer Battalion with whom he saw service in Germany as well as in Kosovo as a part of the peace keeping mission there following the Kosovo War. Leaving the army in October of 2001, Fidel's last month in the service was shaped by the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Vega, Fidel
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
In Copyright
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 1 of 3), 2008
Video recordings
United States. Army. Air Corps
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Francisco Vega was born in San Antonio, Texas. He tried to enlist in the military immediately after Pearl Harbor, but was initially rejected because of his Mexican ancestry. He eventually did enlist in the Army Air Corps, and began a long process in which he used his talents and persuasive skills to find increasingly interesting assignments, eventually training as a teletype operator with a signals unit that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was eventually part of Eisenhower's headquarters.
Vega, Francisco M.
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 2 of 3), 2008
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008
Velez-Cruz, Miguel (Interview transcript and video), 2021
United States—History, Military
Afghan War, 2001-2021—Personal narratives, American
Miguel “Mickey” Angel Velez-Cruz was born in Puerto Rico in 1949. Velez-Cruz was raised and developed during the Cold War periods of the 1950s and 1960s. Coming from a long line of United States veterans and the desire to get out of extreme poverty, Velez-Cruz volunteered to join the United States Army. Velez-Cruz began his career in basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina and eventually went to Fort Gordon in Georgia. Eventually, Mickey attended AIT and was made a medical records clerk in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After a few months at that position, Velez-Cruz received orders for Vietnam and landed with a missile air defense unit. Quickly, that unit was ended and Velez-Cruz was sent to the 38th Base Post Office. After spending five months with the 38th BPO, Mickey received orders for temporary duty. This is when he was assigned to work in grave registration. He stayed with this position until June of ‘69 when he left Vietnam. After his discharge, Velez-Cruz was reassigned to go to Stuttgart, Germany where he worked as a paymaster. However, since he left the service with the GI Bill Velez-Cruz decided to go back to school. He attended the University of Puerto Rico where he received his degree in Biochemistry. From there, Velez-Cruz worked in medical devices and eventually landed a 27-year gig with Johnson and Johnson. Velez-Cruz wraps up his interview by discussing his experiences with PTSD and emphasizing the importance of military awareness for the United States.
Velez-Cruz, Miguel A.
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Grand Valley State University – History
College teachers
Universities and colleges – Faculty
Michigan
Grand Valley State University. University Communications
University Communications. Vita Files, 1968-2016 (GV012-03)
Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Veneklase, Erwin T. (Interview transcript and video), 2005
Erwin Veneklase served in the 2nd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division between 1939 and 1945. He enlisted in the National Guard in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and trained with his unit in Louisiana before beign shipped first to the East Coast and then back across country to Australia and New Guinea, where they were the first American troops to reinforce the Australians. His battalion crossed the Owen Stanley mountains on foot without adequate supplies or ligistical support, and then fought at Buna from Novl 1942 to Jan. 1943. He became seriously ill at the end of that campaign and was eventually shipped back to the U.S. His account is one of the interviews featured in the documentary Nightmare in New Guinea produced by Grand Valley State University.
Veneklase, Erwin T.
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Graphic arts
Publishers and publishing
Cover of Venezianisches Credo, by Rudolf Hagelstange, published by Insel-Verlag, 1954. Insel-Bücherei Nr. 609
Seidman Rare Books. Insel-Bücherei. Z315.I5 B83 no.609
United States. Navy
Military education
World War, 1939-1945
Slides
Airplanes, Military--Recognition
Great Britain
Venom 112 British fighter, September 1, 1952.
Naval recognition slides (RHC-50)
No Copyright - United States
Venom British fighter, September 1, 1952.
Venom British RAF fighter, January 1, 1951.
Venom NF (night fighter aircraft) Mk 2 British RAF fighter
Venom NF (night fighter aircraft) Mk 2 British RAF fighter, April 1, 1953.
PV-1 Ventura bomber and patrol aircraft used by US and British.
Lantern slides
Archaeology
Sculptures
Black and white lantern slide showing three views of the Venus of Lespugue figurine.
Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955
Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222)
Black and white lantern slide showing three views of the Venus of Savignano figurine.
Master plan reports
Vergennes Township (Mich.)
Kent County (Mich.)
The Vergennes Township Master Plan was prepared by Miller Associates in 1989.
Miller Associates
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
College administrators
Colleges and universities – Faculty
Andrea Verier, Artistic Director for the Performing Arts Center
Vermerris, Norman (Interview outline and video), 2010
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
United States. Air Force
Mr. Vermerris is from Michigan and was born on February 22nd, 1931. In 1951, he and some friends decided to join the Air Force instead of waiting to get drafted for Korea. He received his training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, and then to Biloxi, Mississippi to learn how to use a radio. He chose to be in the Airborne. His job in the service consisted of supplying troops in Japan, Korea, and he even traveled to Greenland and Iceland. He was in the Air Force for three years.
Vermerris, Norman
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Postal service--United States--History
Covers (Philatety)--United States--History
Patriotic envelopes
Design shows female with state coat of arms and "Loyal to the Union. State of Vermont." Design in red and blue on a white envelope. For sale by Wm. Ridenburgh, 132 & 134 Nassau St., N.Y.
Civil War patriotic envelopes, (RHC-49)
Design shows female with flag and state coat of arms and "Vermont, The Loyal States, Union." Design in blue on a white envelope. Designed and manufactured by Reagles & Co., 1 Chambers Street, N.Y.