American Volunteer Group, circa 1941
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Air pilots
subject: P-40 (Fighter plane)
subject: Kunming Shi (China). Liang shi ju
description: Color film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Time-stamped scene list: 00:00 Chinese agricultural fields. 00:30 AVG army trucks parked along road. Chinese people passing in carts. 01:00 Chines garden or field. 01:40 Chinese plane under a net on Kunming airfield. 01:48 Chinese army fortresses. 02:24 Two Chinese guards sleeping on the ground. 02:30 Chinese soldiers training and smiling at camera. Army pillbox. 03:19 Landing bomber planes on Kunming airfield. 03:55 P-40 #97 taxiing on airfield. 04:09 AVG pilot and ground crew talking on P-40 #97. 04:44 P-40s lined up on Kunming airfield. A ground crew working on P-40. P-40, hanger and bomber planes on Kunming airfield. Three men in front of bomber plane. Chinese soldiers at pillbox. US bomber airplane. 05:58 Bomber airplane landing on Kunming. 07:20 Bomb holes in a road. Street in a Chinese town.
creator: Gasdick, Joseph
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1941
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Kunming and AVG Air Training, circa 1941
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Air pilots
subject: P-40 (Fighter plane)
subject: Kunming Shi (China). Liang shi ju
description: Color film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Time-stamped scene list: 00:05 Chinese flag in a compound. Boats on Kunming lake. 01:05 Chinese rice paddie. Water irrigation pump. Women washing clothes in river. 02:22 Chinese children on street. Farmers at work. Mule convoy on street. Farmers pounding rice. 03:50 Workers sawing lumbers and breaking rocks. 4:32 Chinese peopel on track and mule convoy in a rural area. 04:45 Thieves. Market in Kunming. 07:00 Chinese hideouts. 07:57 Two men talking at Kunming airfield. 08:20 US bomber planes. 08:45 Runway construction on Kunming airfield. Chinese worker rolling the ground, having lunch break. 10:40 Chinese airplane laying up side down on the ground. 11:00 AVG trucks, jeeps. P-40s in repairing area in Kunming. Dog. 11:15 Chinese flags. 11:40 Airplanes taking off. 12:05 Training airplanes. 12:19 A city of China. People running at the air raid warning in Kunming. Group of army passing by.
creator: Gasdick, Joseph
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1941
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp5
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Flying Tigers and Kunming Airfield, circa 1941
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Air pilots
subject: P-40 (Fighter plane)
subject: Kunming Shi (China). Liang shi ju
description: Color film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Time-stamped scene list: 00:20 Chinese women and residential area. 00:50 Airplane under a net in a repair area at Kunming airfield. 01:40 Chinese soldier. Residential area. Horses carrying a load. 02:50 Chinese funeral procession. 03:55 Chinese construction workers. Farmers pounding rice. An old Chinese woman. 04:50 Camouflaged planes and P-40s at Kunming repair area. Ground crew working on P-40. 05:50 AVG Kunming hostel #2. AVG dining room.0 6:30 Agricultural field. Water buffalo carriage. Working horses. 07:20 Red Cross sign with a bullet hole. 07:40 Train. 07:50 P-40s #4, #47, #24 and others taking off from Kunming airfield. 08:25 Busy street in a Chinese town. 08:40 P-40s #47, #34 and others taking off from Kunming airfield. Six P-40s flying in the sky. 09:20 An AVG pilot in cockpit of P-40. Shilling gets in P-40 #97, takes off and does acrobat flight. 10:45 A shot from inside airplane moving down runway in Kunming. 10:55 Farmers carrying water. 11:15 Practicing Chinese soldiers. 12:10 P-40 being repaired. Damaged building and crashed plane. 13:00 Flying biplane. Crashed P-40 #18. Dummy P-40 lined up. P-40 under a net. Flying biplane.
creator: Gasdick, Joseph
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1941
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp6
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Flying Tigers Sailing and Kitten, circa 1941
subject: China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Air pilots
subject: P-40 (Fighter plane)
subject: Kunming Shi (China). Liang shi ju
description: Black and white film taken by American Volunteer Group (AVG) Crew Chief Joe Gasdick (no sound). The footage, dated circa 1941, documents the training and flight activities of the American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers," servicemen organized by the U.S. Government to aid in the defense of China during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Time-stamped scene list: 00:05 Boat trip. View of the ocean, flying airplane, boat masts, islands. 01:15 Sailor spraying water off boat deck. AVG and other passengers in life preserver jackets working on deck. View of ocean. 02:25 Ships and boats on ocean. 03:15 Sunbathing AVG. Boat masts. AVGs in a cabin. 04:05 Aerial shots of clouds and fields. 04:30 AVG's in a cabin. Aerial shots of clouds, river, mountains, airplane propeller and wings. 06:40 AVG's on deck. Sailors painting masts. 07:15 Chinese rural field. Farmers planting young rice plants. 08:55 Street and field of rural area. Housing of farmers. Working water buffalo. Farmers pumping up water. Horses carrying a load. 10:35 P-40 being repaired in Kunming. P-40 #124 at repairing area. Ground crew working on wheel. 10:55 AVG 1st SQ ground crew group picture with Kitten in front of P-40 in Kunming. (1st row: Harrington, Uebele, Locke, Kern?, Cornelius, Kenner)
creator: Gasdick, Joseph
source: Fei Hu Films research and production files (RHC-88)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1941
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp7
language: eng
language: chi
type: Moving Image
coverage: World War II

Gamal Gasim audio interview and transcript
subject: Civil rights--Michigan--History
subject: Muslims--United States--Personal narratives
description: Gamal Gasim, assistant professor of Middle East Studies and Political Science, earned his PhD in political science from Texas Tech. He teaches Introduction to Middle East Studies, Middle East politics, and comparative politics. Before Grand Valley, he taught at Texas Tech, University of Wisconsin-Madison during the summers of 2006 and 2007, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Beloit College during the summers of 2008 and 2009 respectively. He discusses how people who do not know anything about Islam or Muslims discriminate against them, and how the media plays a negative role in society in America.
creator: Gasim, Gamal
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2012-04-23
contributor: Singh, Gagan
rights: In Copyright
relation: Speaking Out: Western Michigan Civil Rights Oral History Project
format: audio/mp3
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Sound
type: Text

Gautreau, Raymond (Interview transcript and video), 2017
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States—History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Other veterans & civilians—Personal narratives, American
subject: Afghan War, 2001-2021—Personal narratives, American
description: Raymond Gautreau was born on January 12, 1948 in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, and graduated high school in New Hampshire in 1965. Since his family lacked empathy, Gautreau decided to join the Marine Corps after high school despite news about the war in Vietnam. For Basic Training, he was sent to Parris Island, South Carolina. After Basic, Gautreau was transferred to Camp Geiger, North Carolina, for Infantry Training. After that, he was assigned the Military Occupational Specialty of artilleryman in a 105mm Howitzer Battery attached to the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Gautreau underwent artillery training with his new unit on Vieques Island near Puerto Rico before deploying to Da Nang, Vietnam. In Vietnam, he joined the A Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division at a base outside Da Nang in 1966. His unit also spent some time closer to the Demilitarized Zone at Con Thien where, one night, Gautreau was thrown from his hooch by a nearby mortar explosion. He received shrapnel in the knee, groin, hip, and dropped in and out of consciousness as medics attended to his wounds. He was then medevacked to Chu Lai Air Base for proper medical attention before being transferred to a hospital ship en route to Hong Kong because of the severity of his injuries. After nearly two months, Gautreau returned to his artillery unit at Con Thien. His unit then participated in the nearly month-long amphibious invasion of the DMZ in April of 1967. For a short period, Gautreau served as his unit’s Section Chief in charge of their artillery cannon since there were few available Corporals and Noncommissioned Officers. After Con Thien, his unit transferred to Camp Carroll. At the end of his tour, Gautreau was flown back to Da Nang, then to Okinawa, Japan, before landing in California. For the rest of his deployment, he assisted the artillery range courses for the officer training at Quantico, Virginia. Gautreau was officially discharged from the Ma…
creator: Gautreau, Raymond J.
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2017-09
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Meeting Minutes and Materials
subject: Minutes and proceedings
subject: Gaylord (Mich.)
subject: Otsego County (Mich.)
description: The Meeting Minutes and Materials comprises of meeting minutes from the Gaylord Zoning Board of Appeals, the Gaylord City Planning Commission, and the Gaylord City Council, from 1993-1994. Included are forms related to items discussed in the meetings.
creator: Gaylord Zoning Board of Appeals
creator: Gaylord City Planning Commission
creator: Gaylord City Council
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1993-1994
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Gellert, John (Interview transcript and video), 2019
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States—History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Iraq War, 2003-2011—Personal narratives, American
description: John Gellert was born on October 20, 1988, in Würzburg, Germany, into a military family which constantly moved around. Gellert graduated high school in Virginia in 2006 and attended some college before deciding he wanted a more challenging career. He enlisted into the Army in 2011 to be an infantryman. Gellert was then sent to Fort Benning, Georgia, for a collective fourteen weeks of basic and advanced basic training. After graduating basic training, he was immediately transferred to Fort Lewis, Washington, where he was assigned to a mechanized, light armored Striker Unit in Attack Company 21 Infantry Legion, which he later deployed to Afghanistan with in 2012. Stationed at Terranova Company Outpost near Kandahar City, his Company’s duties were to partner with the Afghani military and local police cells, guiding them to assume control of their local districts without American intervention. His Company was then stationed at Zari Company Outpost, nearer to the Taliban’s bases of operation, and his peers were more frequently shot at even though Gellert himself never experienced ground combat. This first deployment lasted nine months. For his second deployment in 2014, Gellert received promotion to Sergeant and spent the next three years in Germany with Fox Troop, 22 Cavalry Regiment, in Vilseck. His unit primarily participated in NATO and other international military training programs or maneuvers. While in Europe, Gellert did spend considerable time traveling the continent, conversing with local people, and observing historical sights, which he enjoyed greatly. By the time he returned from Germany, Gellert’s deployment had ended, and he left the service in 2017, despite giving some thought towards staying in the Army longer. Instead, he wanted to complete his college education and was soon admitted to Grand Valley State University for a degree in nursing. Reflecting upon his service, Gellert believed the Army instilled in him a persistent work ethic, coupled with a ne…
creator: Gellert, John
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2019-04
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Annual Missiagi August Powwow, August 1978
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Annual Missiagi August Powwow flyer, Mt. Morris MI, August 5-6, 1978, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee County Youth and Activity Center
date: 1978-08
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Flint River Bank Park Indian Festival
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Flint River Bank Park Indian Festival flyer, Flint MI, August 18-19, 1984, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee Indian Center
date: 1984-08
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow, June 1984
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow flyer, Mt. Morris MI, June 2-3, 1984, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee Indian Center
date: 1984-06
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow, September 1985
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow flyer, Mt. Morris MI, September 28-29, 1985, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee Indian Center
date: 1985-09
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow, September 1986
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow flyer and program, Mt. Morris MI, September 27-28, 1986, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee Indian Center
date: 1986-09
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow, October 1987
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow flyer, Mt. Morris MI, October 3-4, 1987, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee Indian Center
date: 1987-10
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow, September 1988
subject: Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Michigan
subject: Michigan -- Grand Rapids
description: Honoring our Heritage Pow Wow program and flyer, Mt. Morris MI, September 24-25, 1988, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
creator: Genesee Indian Center
date: 1988-09
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
type: Text

Hunter Genia interview (video and transcript)
subject: Ojibwa Indians
subject: Anishinaabe
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Grand Rapids (Mich.)
subject: Indians of North America
subject: Indians of North America--Michigan
description: Hunter Genia is a member of the Saginaw Swan Creek Black River Band of Chippewa. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and holds degrees in criminal justice and social work. In this interview, he discusses his family history, the Grand Rapids Native community, and Inter-tribal Council.
creator: Genia, Hunter
source: Gi-gikinomaage-min Project
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2016-11-29
contributor: Shell-Weiss, Melanie (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
format: video/mp4
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Gennrich, Jerome (Interview outline and video), 2014
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: Jerome Gennrich was born in 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to serving in the Army he worked for Chrysler at the Jefferson Plant. He was drafted in early 1942 and trained at Camp Kearns outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Later that year he was sent across the Atlantic and served first in Northern Ireland and then in England, providing security for airbases used by the 8th and 9th Air Forces. After D-Day he was deployed to France and was attached to the 12th of the 62nd Military Police Company. He and his unit moved through France, Luxembourg, Belgium, crossed the Rhine River into Germany. His unit guarded German prisoners of war at a camp near Ansbach until he was sent home in December, 1945.
creator: Gennrich, Jerome
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2014-01-24
contributor: Erichsen, Wallace (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

George, Alfred (Interview transcript and video), 2019
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States—History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Personal narratives, American
description: Alfred George was born in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, on August 9, 1925 and moved to Grand Rapids in 1954. After graduating high school, George briefly attended Michigan State University before being drafted into the Navy. George was then sent to Great Lakes, Illinois, for Navy Boot Camp where he trained in construction. He was then assigned to Navy Seabees Construction Battalion 64 and was transferred to Camp Perry, Rhode Island, where he learned to operate small Higgins landing craft and underwent some basic rifle training. After Seabee training, George was sent to San Francisco and then was shipped on a converted passenger liner to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He and his Battalion were stationed for a few months at Pearl Harbor in mid-1944 repairing the damages of the 1941 Japanese attack. Then, George and his Battalion were transferred to the Philippines on LSTs and were stationed on Tubabao Island. They had orders to clear the local plantation forestry in order to construct Navy personnel barracks. While stationed in the Philippines, the war ended, and George read news pamphlets about the war’s final stages as well as the Atomic Bomb. His Battalion was then split up and he was sent to the Truk Atoll, in the Caroline Islands, where he operated phone lines while the rest of his Battalion worked to reconstruct the nearby air base over a ten-month period. Eventually, George accrued enough points to leave the service. He was shipped to Hawaii and then flown back to San Francisco where he was discharged. However, he opted to remain in the Navy Reserves. When he returned to Muskegon, George went to work for his father’s moving company and eventually bought the business from him. He also got married and had a child, but was soon called back into service in 1951 after the outbreak of the Korean War. From Great Lakes, Illinois, George was transferred back to San Francisco where he was assigned to the destroyer escort DDE 577, an old destroyer from the Second World War. He was a…
creator: George, Alfred
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
date: 2019-07
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Cursus quaestionum super totam logicam [folium 85]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Cursus quaestionum super totam logicam by Georgius Bruxellensis and edited by Thomas Bricot. Printed either in Basel by Michael Furter or Johann Amerbach; or in Freiburg im Breisgau by Kilianus Piscator (Fischer) circa 1494. [GW 10644; ISTC ig00148000]
creator: Georges, de Bruxelles, active 15th century-16th century
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Basel: Michael Furter or Johann Amerbach; or Freiburg im Breisgau: Kilianus Piscator (Fischer)
date: 1494
contributor: Bricot, Thomas (editor)
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Grosse Ile Township Master Plan
subject: Master plan reports
subject: Grosse Ile Township (Mich.)
subject: Wayne County (Mich.)
description: The Grosse Ile Township Master Plan was prepared by Gerald Luedtke and Associates, Incorporated and was adopted by the Planning Commission on July 17, 1989.
creator: Gerald Luedtke and Associates, Incorporated
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1989-07-17
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Future Land Use Plan
subject: Land Use--planning
subject: Westland (Mich.)
subject: Wayne County (Mich.)
description: The Future Land Use Plan map for the City of Westland was prepared by Gerald Luedtke and Associates, Incorporated. It was adopted in 1984 with updates on January 7, 1986.
creator: Gerald Luedtke and Associates, Incorporated
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1986-01-07
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

The Westland Plan
subject: Master plan reports
subject: Westland (Mich.)
subject: Wayne County (Mich.)
description: The Westland Plan was prepared by Gerald Luedtke and Associates, Incorporated in June 1983.
creator: Gerald Luedtke and Associates, Incorporated
source: Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1983-06
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Epitomata, seu Reparationes totius philosophiae naturalis Aristotelis [folium 169]
subject: Incunabula
subject: Printing 1450-1500
description: One leaf from Epitomata, seu Reparationes totius philosophiae naturalis Aristotelis, by Gerardus de Harderwyck. Printed in Cologne by Heinrich Quentell on February 29, 1496. [GW 10674; ISTC ig00168000]
creator: Gerardus, de Hardewyck
source: Seidman Rare Books Collection
publisher: Cologne: Heinrich Quentell
date: 1496
rights: No Copyright - United States
format: application/pdf
language: la
type: Text

Gerber, William (Interview outline and video), 2014
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Army
description: William Gerber was born in 1921 in Menominee, Michigan. He grew up there and attended high school there until he graduated in 1939. In the summer of 1938 he trained with the U.S. Citizens Training Corps in Fort Brady, Michigan for four weeks which would later count towards basic training in the Army. After completing high school he went to Houghton, Michigan as part of the National Youth Administration and received radio training. This led to his getting involved with the National Park Service and his working at Isle Royale National Park starting on December 6, 1941 and being relieved from that duty in May 1942. After Isle Royale he worked briefly as a medical technician and as an ambulance driver for Marinette General Hospital in Marinette, Wisconsin. In July 1942 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and in August 1942 he reported for basic training. He was sent to Fort Story, Virginia and because of his prior military training he was quickly promoted to the rank of corporal. He went on to receive radio training at Fort Story and Fort Monroe in Virginia and he was later attached to the 663rd Field Artillery Battalion as a radio operator. In spring 1944 his unit was deployed to Europe. They would go on to participate in the Battle of the Bulge and supporting Allied infantry in Bastogne, and the 663rd was one of the first units to cross the Rhine River into Germany to begin the Allied invasion of Germany. He was discharged in February 1946, but remained in the reserves and was called up during the Korean War and served in Japan at that time.
creator: Gerber, William
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2014-07-14
contributor: Erichsen, Wallace (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Text
type: Moving Image