Justice, Alfred (Interview outline and video), 2011
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Michigan--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
United States. Army
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Alfred Justice was born in southwestern Virginia. He joined the army in September of 1939 mostly because it was impossible to find a job as a young man during that time. Mr. Justice received his training at Ft. Knox, and was stationed at Fort Custer at the time of Pearl Harbor. For the first three years of the war, he trained other soldiers in tanks and tank destroyers at Fort Custer, Fort Hood and Fort Jackson before finally sailing to England with a tank battalion. Landing in France late in 1944, his battalion participated in the Battle of the Bulge, where he received a battlefield commission, and went on into Germany, where he saw concentration camps and displaced persons, and remained for several months after the end of the war.
Justice, Alfred
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Kentwood Historic Preservation Commission (Kentwood, Mich.)
In Copyright
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
Four leaves of Institutiones (with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius and Summaria of Hieronymus Clarius) by Justinianus. Printed in Venice by Johannes Hamman, for Octavianus Scotus, in 1494. Illustrated with red rubricated initials. [GW 7635; ISTC ij00536000]
Seidman Rare Books Collection
No Copyright - United States
Kalafut, Adolph (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008
Adolph Kalafut was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 3, 1924. His father had been a Polish immigrant that owned and operated a bar during Prohibition. His parents wanted him to have an excellent education and paid for him to go to school at a military academy that was similar to West Point. Adolph enlisted in the Marines on September 15, 1943. Training was very easy for him and he was well prepared. Adolph was sent to Iwo Jima after training and it was a very difficult experience for him. He was wounded while in Iwo Jima and it took him about a year to recover. Adolph later worked in a VA hospital in Los Angeles and in Battle Creek, Michigan. Accounts of Iwo Jima from a Marine are appended to interview outline.
Kalafut, Adolph
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Amendments to the Model Zoning Ordinance
Zoning--Michigan
floodplains
mobile home parks
planned unit developments
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
The Amendments to the Model Zoning Ordinance for Kalamazoo County includes floodplain regulations, mobile home park district site plan review, and planned residential development and was prepared by the Kalamazoo County Planning Department in September 1974.
Kalamazoo County Planning Department, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Recreation--planning
The Amendments to the Model Zoning Ordinance for Kalamazoo County includes office districts (August 1978) and the recreation district (September 1978). The amendments were prepared by the Kalamazoo County Planning Department.
The Amendments to the Model Zoning Ordinance for Kalamazoo County includes agricultural districts
exclusive, restrictive, intensive, business
and rural residential. The amendments were prepared by the Kalamazoo County Planning Department in November 1986.
The Model Zoning Ordinance for Kalamazoo County was prepared by the Kalamazoo County Planning Department in December 1962.
Ordinances, municipal
The Model Subdivision Ordinance for Kalamazoo County was prepared by the Kalamazoo Metropolitan County Planning Commission in July 1992.
Kalamazoo Metropolitan County Planning Commission, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Comprehensive plan publications
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
The Comprehensive Plan Summary for the City of Kalamazoo was prepared by the Kalamazoo Planning Commission and the Department of Community Development. The Plan Summary was approved by the City Commission on October 11, 1977.
Kalamazoo Planning Commission, City of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Department of Community Development (consultant)
Indians of North America -- Michigan -- Periodicals
Indians of North America
Michigan
Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Kalamazoo Valley Powwow flyer, Kalamazoo MI, May 25-27, 1973, collected by Edward Gillis included as part of his Native American publication collection.
Kalamazoo Valley PowWow Committee
Master plan reports
Kalkaska County (Mich.)
The Kalkaska County Master Recreation Plan was prepared by the Kalkaska County Parks & Recreation Board and approved by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in October 1985.
Kalkaska County Parks & Recreation Board, Kalkaska County, Michigan
The Kalkaska County Master Plan was prepared by the Kalkaska County Planning Commission with assistance from the Planning & Zoning Center in December 1995.
Kalkaska County Planning Commission, Kalkaska County, Michigan
Planning & Zoning Center, Inc. (consultant)
Kamer, Harry (Interview outline and video), 2009
Harry Kamer was born in Hudsonville, Michigan, and during the depression. He left school after 8th grade to help on the farm, and was drafted in 1943. He was shipped to North Africa and trained there before joining the 34th Division for the campaigns at Cassino, Anzio and Northern Italy.
Kamer, Harry
Kaminski, Edmond W. (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2008
Edmond Kaminski served with the 760th Tank Battalion in Italy during World War II. His account includes discussions of armored training and combat in a series of battles in Italy, including Cassino.
Kaminski, Edmond
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
Kaminski, Edmond W. (Interview transcript and video), 2005
Kaminski, Edmond W.
Kandra, John (Interview outline and video), 2012
John Kandra, born in Beaverdale Pennsylvania in February of 1925, served as a radio operator in the 164th Combat Engineer Battalion from 1943 to 1945 in France and central Europe during the Second World War. He did most of his training at Camp Van Dorn however received specialized training in Morse code at Oxford University while stationed in England. During his service, Kandra spent most of his time relating messages between commanders, checking roads for mines, repairing roads, and repairing bridges. Thought he was never on the front lines his company did come under artillery and aircraft fire. Later in his life he used his training to work in television in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Kandra, John
Kangas, John (Interview outline and video), 2011
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
John Kangas was born in Cedar Springs, Michigan in 1981. After graduating high school he was unemployed for awhile before enlisting in the army in 2001. He received his training at Ft. Sill. He worked the radar, assigned to 1st Battalion, 33rd Field Artillery. Mr. Kangas spent almost a year in Germany before going to Iraq. He worked on three different bases in or near Balad and Fallujah while staying in Iraq for a year. He then spent more time in Germany before going home. He was recalled into the military in 2009 and served in Iraq for another 7-8 months driving a truck back and forth from Kuwait to Iraq.
Kangas, John
Dave Karpowicz (audio interview and transcript) 2018
Saugatuck (Mich.)
Douglas (Mich.)
Allegan County (Mich.)
Theological seminaries
Outdoor recreation
Audio recordings
Dave Karpowicz discusses his time at the Phelps Mansion and his experiences being a high school seminarian. He also discusses his time outside of Saugatuck-Douglas, as well as what brought him back to the region.
Karpowicz, Dave
Stories of Summer project, Kutsche Office of Local History. Grand Valley State University
Stories of Summer (Common Heritage project)
Karpowicz, William (Interview outline and video), 2013
United States. Marine Corps
Bill was born on February 10th, 1924 in Muskegon, Michigan. He enlisted in the military on February 18th, 1942 right after he turned 18 and was placed in the Marine Corps. He did his boot camp at Camp Elliot in San Diego, California. From Camp Elliot Bill went to North Carolina and became part of the 3rd infantry Marine Division- which became Camp Lejeune. After training in Auckland, New Zealand, Bill was sent to Guadalcanal for additional training. Bill partook in fighting at Bougainville Island in the fall of 1943; he was then sent back to Guadalcanal. From there, Bill and his division were sent to Guam. Bill received the Purple Heart in Guam after he was hit with shrapnel from a Japanese grenade. After six months in Guam, Bill was sent to Iwo Jima where he encountered heavy fighting as his regiment took many casualties.
Karpowicz, William
Karr, Joshua (Interview outline and video), 2011
United States. Navy
Joshua Karr served in the US Navy from 2002-2006, during the war with Iraq. The first half of his enlistment would be spent in the Pacific on the USS Constellation, which was sent to the Persian Gulf when the Iraq War started. He worked primarily in the engine room. When the Constellation was decommissioned, he transferred to the Enterprise, which was based at Norfolk and cruised in the Atlantic.
Karr, Joshua
Katona, David Ferenc (Interview outline), 2015
Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, American
David Katona was born in 1989. When he was 17 years old he enlisted in the Marines and when he turned 18 he reported for basic training. He did a tour in Afghanistan from 2008 to 2009 and was stationed in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan at a base 30 miles from the Pakistani border. During his time in Afghanistan he carried out patrols and engaged enemy forces in the area. After the tour in Afghanistan he returned to the United States at North Carolina and was discharged sometime after that and before U.S. involvement in Afghanistan ended in 2014.
Katona, David Ferenc
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
Katsma, August (Interview outline and video), 2008
August Katsma was born on November 11, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1937 he joined the National Guard as a medic in the 126th infantry. After the National Guard he got married and then was drafted into the Army. August trained as an MP and was in the Army's band. He was sent to North Carolina to a special service camp as a band member to raise money and play for the servicemen. Next he was sent to Camp Sibert, Alabama to Grey's Registration Unit and then Deployed to Manila in the Philippines. In Manila he worked at the morgue where he documented casualties of the war. August was sent back to the United states in February, 1946 and discharged.
Katsma, August
Katt, Donald G. (Interview outline and video), 2008
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Donald Katt served with the 66th Infantry Division during WW II. He was drafted in 1943, trained mostly in Alabama, and went to Europe late in 1944. He served in France and Germany. Most of his comments are on training, working with French troops, and serving on occupation duty in Germany.
Katt, Donald G.
Spring Lake District Library (Spring Lake, Mich.)
Kaufman, Ernie (Interview outline), 2004
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
United States. Air Force
Ernie Kaufman grew up in Lowell, Michigan, and was drafted into the army in 1946. He trained in Texas and Mississippi, and was then shipped to Guam. He did construction work on bases there, and then transferred to Air/Sea Rescue, where he worked in the message headquarters section. He was discharged in 1948.
Kaufman, Earnest W.
Lowell Area Historical Museum (Lowell, Mich.)