Michigan
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Photograph of the old beech and old maple at Beech-Hurst.
Brigham, D.
Digital file contributed by D. Brigham as part of the Stories of Summer project.
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Copyright Undetermined
South field of Beech-Hurst with lodge in trees
The Beech-Hurst lodge from the south field next to the factory.
Outdoor recreation
Children
Sepia-toned photograph of Jan sitting in the shade of a tent on a beach towel with son Geoff running into the sand. Circa 1990s
Kyle & Geoff Brigham holding American flags
Flags (United States)
Black and white photograph of Kyle & Geoff holding small American flags at Beech-Hurst.
Families
Black and white photograph of a family raising the American flag and saluting the flag at Beech-Hurst.
Photograph of Joan and Jan raising a flag on a flagpole while Kyle & Geoff stand nearby holding small flags. At Beech-Hurst.
Beaches
Black and white photograph of a young boy walking on the beach smiling, behind him stands an adult man. Circa 1990s
Black and white photograph of Jan and Geoff in the shade of a 3-sided beach tent.
Horses
Black and white photograph of Barb in a white shirt, riding pants and boots, riding Gay Ribbon at Beech-Hurst.
Piers
Lighthouses
Kalamazoo River (Mich.)
Color photograph of a man standing in front of a red lighthouse on a pier on the Kalamazoo River.
Color slide of Raymond Grimes Eddy holding his grand nephew Keith Plummer dressed in a blue jacket on the hood of a car.
Color slide of a narrow country road lined with trees, with a white mailbox on the left.
Autumn
Color slide of a pond surrounded by autumn-colored trees. Circa 1960
Photograph Pat and Frank in swimming suits holding their son Mike who is standing on a wooden railing on the beach. Behind them are four other people sitting or laying out towels.
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
United States. Army
Jarvis Brink is a Cold War veteran from Zeeland, Michigan where he attended Holland High School and graduated from there in 1953. In 1954 he joined the Army and served for two years. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas for eighteen months working as a machine gun mechanic on tanks in the motor pool for one of the armored tank divisions stationed there. During his time at Fort Hood he returned to Fort Knox and received more training on how to repair the .30 and .50 caliber mounted machine guns.
Brink, Jarvis
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
In Copyright
Brinkman, William (Interview outline and video), 2009
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
After graduating from a military academy, William Brinkman attended Officer's Candidate School where he was given a commission as 2nd Lieutenant. He served during the Korean War, but his division, and a couple of others, were sent to Germany, instead, to guard against the Russians. He served in the 102nd Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division. He also tells the story of his OCS classmate, Doc O'Donnell, who was killed in Korea. After the war, he worked for Martin Marietta and was involved with the space program.
Brinkman, William
Winnie Brinks, 2021 (Interview video and transcript)
Personal narrative
PFAs (Perfluorinated chemicals)
Groundwater--Pollution
Michigan State Senator Winnie Brinks currently resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan but was born and raised in Washington. In this interview, Brinks discusses her role in advocating on behalf of her consituents for clean water and a healthy environment in the state government.
Brinks, Winnie
Living with PFAS (project)
In copyright
Brinn, Joseph (Interview transcript and video), 2010
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Joe Brinn was born in 1950 in Virginia and eventually moved with his family to Michigan, where he grew up. He got married at age 16 and dropped out of high school, and a year later decided to join the military. He received basic training at Ft. Knox, and then Ft. Rucker to train as a Helicopter Crew Chief. He landed in Pleiku, Vietnam, in 1968 and was assigned to the 77th Air Cavalry which was attached to the 4th Infantry Division and worked as a crew chief. His unit did "hunt/kill" missions and he did maintenance on the aircraft as well. During his time in Vietnam, he flew many combat missions, notably over Dak To, but he was never wounded; although there were many close calls. Mr. Brinn was awarded a Bronze Star after for repelling down from a helicopter to recover a lost aircraft, which he found out crashed; and even though there were no survivors he secured the bodies. After Vietnam, he continued his military career, eventually becoming a warrant officer and helicopter pilot, and retired after twenty years.
Brinn, Joseph
Brock, Willard M (Interview outline and video), 2015
Willard Brock was born on June 8, 1936 in Gaines Township, Michigan. Around the time that he turned 18 years old he enlisted in the Army. He received basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and medical training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas and Fort Riley, Kansas. He was deployed to West Germany in 1956 and served 18 months at the 20th Station Hospital in Nuremberg, Germany for 18 months where he worked in the maternity ward. At the end of his time in Germany he returned to the United States and was discharged from active duty at Fort Sheridan, Illinois and served for two years in the Reserves.
Brock, Willard M.
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Brockschmidt, Philip E. (Interview outline and video), 2004
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Phil Brockschmidt knew that he wanted to join the armed service after Pearl Harbor was attacked and joined the Navy when he was only 15 years old. He took many long trips traveling in a convoy to Russia to deliver oil. Phil was eventually transferred into the Navy Air Corps and was disappointed with the transfer. In the Navy Air Corps Phil traveled to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Africa, Miami, Cuba, and Puerto Rico working as an ordinance man.
Brockschmidt, Philip E.
Brockway, Lyle (Interview transcript and video), 2019
United States—History, Military
Afghan War, 2001-2021—Personal narratives, American
Lyle Brockway was born near Vicksburg, Michigan in 1924 and graduated from high school in May of 1942. After graduating high school, Brockway attended Michigan State to study agriculture and was enlisted in ROTC. During his first fall semester, he enlisted in the Air Force. Lyle went to basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi that fall after which he went to Birmingham, Alabama for classification for several weeks, and then left to attend Elon College in North Carolina as an extension of his classification training. Following North Carolina, Brockway made a brief stop in Nashville, Tennessee and then continued to Avon Park, Florida for flight training on the PT-17 Stearman. He then went to Macon, Georgia to receive training on the BT-13, and then to Columbus, Mississippi to receive training on the AT-10s and receive his commission. Brockway was then sent to Pyote, Texas to receive extensive training as a co-pilot, from that base Brockway made several flights around the United States and then flew to Kimbolton in Europe as part of the 379th bomb group. From Kimbolton, Brockway flew 35 missions over Germany during which he made a brief landing in Brussels, Germany after a piece of flak pierced the wing of his aircraft. After returning to Kimbolton for most of his missions, Brockway returned to Staten Island in the U.S. by ship. Brockway was sent to Santa Ana, California for reassignment, briefly assigned again to Macon, Georgia, and then assigned to Waco, Texas to be a contact flying instructor. Following Waco, Brockway was sent to Air Transport Command where he was discharged in November of 1945. After service Brockway was employed by Consumers Power as a ground man and spent 40 years there receiving various promotions.
Brockway, Lyle
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Brodie, Craig (Interview outline and video), 2014
Craig Brodie was born in Plattsburgh, New York in 1941 and grew up Newtown, Connecticut. He attended the University of Vermont and Army ROTC there and received his commission in 1963 He served in Germany with the 4th Medium Tank Battalion of the 68th Armored Regiment as well as the 3rd Squadron of the 8th Cavalry participating in training maneuvers and border patrol of the East/West German border. He then served at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds and deployed to Vietnam in 1968. He commanded the 590th Maintenance Company at Bearcat, a base outside of Saigon. After Vietnam he served in different positions in the US and Korea, and retired at the rank of colonel.
Brodie, Craig
Broe, Daniel (Interview outline and video), 2012
United States. Marine Corps
Daniel Broe was born in Allegan, Michigan in 1949, and grew up there and in Holland, Michigan. He went to work after high school, and was drafted into the Marine Corps in 1969. He did well enough in rifle training at Camp Pendleton to be put into scout/sniper training, and went to Vietnam early in 1970. Assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, he spent most of his tour on patrols in the northern part of South Vietnam, with occasional forays into Laos. The patrols were intended to find the enemy without being seen, and for the most part they avoided firefights, and took no casualties while Broe was in the field, despite a number of scares. While trained as a sniper, he never had occasion to carry out a sniper assignment, and instead operated his squad's radio. Toward the end of his tour, his unit shifted its area of operations away from the Laotion border and closer to Da Nang, and he was eventually assigned to a radio relay station, where he communicated between the units in the field and the rear area headquarters.
Broe, Daniel
Dutch
Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands
Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945
Detailed instructions in the case of an evacuation for the town of Broek op Langendijk, North Holland, Netherlands, circa 1940. In Dutch.
Broek op Langendijk (Neth.)
Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)