O'Conner, Charles (Interview outline), 2010
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Michigan--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: United States. Marine Corps
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
description: Chuck O'Conner enlisted in the U.S. Marines while living in Illinois and served 3.5 years in the service. During his service Chuck obtained the rank of Staff Sergeant and fought in the field during the Vietnam War. He was involved in the battle at Khe Sanh, but does not say much about it.
creator: O'Conner, Charles
source: Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2010-05-15
contributor: Skrijelj, Sanel (Interviewer)
contributor: Snyder, Zachary (Interviewer)
contributor: Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

O'Dowd, Anna (Interview transcript and video), 2016
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Baseball players--Michigan
subject: Baseball players--Wisconsin
description: Annie O’Dowd was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929. She graduated from high school in 1947 and worked in a box factory before trying out for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1949. She was initially placed in the Chicago Colleens, a travelling team (similar to a minor-league team), and played with them for a season. After the Colleens, she joined the Rockford Peaches and played with them for half of a season. The final team she played with was the Kalamazoo Lassies in the early 1950s before leaving the League.
creator: O'Dowd, Anna Mae
source: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Collection, (RHC-55)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 2016-10-21
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: application/pdf
format: video/mp4
language: eng
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Wave Breaker
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of the water with hills in the background. On the right side of the image, there is what appears to be a wave breaker.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Dock
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of the water. There are cattails and other water plants in the front of the photo. In the top left corner, there is part of a dock.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Houses on the Water
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A wide shot of the water. Across the water from where the photo is taken, there are several houses.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Wave Breaker and Shore
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A wide photo of where the water meets land. Several feet from the shore and running parallel to it is a long wave breaker.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Houses on the Water
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of five houses on the water in what appears to be fall due to the color of the leaves in the trees around the houses. It is taken from across the body of water.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Houses on the Water
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of seven houses on the water in what appears to be fall due to the color of the leaves in the trees around the houses. It is taken from across the body of water.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Wave Breaker and Shore
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of the shoreline as it leads to a hill in the background. A few feet into the water, there is a smaller wave breaker. Several feet beyond that, there is a second, larger wave breaker.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Boat Docks
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of the boat docks taken from the water. There is a large structure on the water, and in the forefront of the frame, there is a blue flag with a white design.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

Fallen Trees
subject: Michigan
subject: Saugatuck (Mich.)
subject: Allegan County (Mich.)
subject: Lakes
description: A photo of land that meets the water. In the forefront of the frame, there are several trees that appear to have fallen or been chopped down at odd angles. Closer to the water, there are other trees, and the wave breaker is visible from the shot.
creator: O'Leary, Virginia
source: Digital file collected by the Kutsche Office of Local History from the Saugatuck Douglas History Center for the Stories of Summer project.
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: Copyright Undetermined
relation: Stories of Summer (project)
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image

O'Malley, James M (Interview outline and video), 2017
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American
subject: United States. Navy
description: James O'Malley was born in Chicago in October 1932. In April 1951, he enlisted in the Navy. He received his basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois, then went to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, for Pre-Flight School. He then went to Naval Air Station Memphis, Tennessee, for Aviation Electronics School. James was sent to Naval Air Station Barbers Point on Oahu, Hawaii, and joined Squadron VP-22, an antisubmarine patrol squadron. He served aboard a P2V-5 Neptune and conducted antisubmarine patrols around Hawaii. In spring 1952, Squadron VP-22 was sent to Okinawa to fly reconnaissance missions along the Chinese coast as part of the Korean War. His plane took antiaircraft fire on multiple occasions and they encountered Chinese fighter planes. After the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, he returned to Hawaii and was then reassigned to Naval Air Station Glenview, Illinois. His final duty station was at Naval Air Station Glynco, Georgia, and he was discharged from there.
creator: O'Malley, James M.
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2017-01-24
contributor: Smither, James (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
type: Moving Image
type: Text

O'Rear, Nancy Kellogg (Interview transcript and video), 2016
subject: Oral history
subject: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Veterans
subject: Video recordings
subject: World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
subject: Baseball players--Michigan
description: Nancy O'Rear was born on January 7, 1938 in Grandville, Michigan. She grew up in Grandville and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in 1951 she started following the Grand Rapids Chicks, an All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team. From the 1951 season through the 1954 season she practiced with the Chicks, befriended the players, and traveled with the team to away games in Michigan and Indiana. There were plans for Nancy to join the team once she graduated from high school, but with the team's disbanding in 1954 those plans were scrapped.
creator: O'Rear, Nancy Kellogg
source: Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
publisher: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
date: 2016-01-21
contributor: Boring, Frank (Interviewer)
rights: In Copyright
relation: Veterans History Project (U.S.)
format: video/x-m4v
format: application/pdf
type: Moving Image
type: Text

Visions of the Years of Danger: Dutch Resistance Members Recall the Nightmare
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands
subject: Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
description: Article about the Dutch Resistance Movement in The Washington Post.
creator: O'Toole, Thomas
source: Adriana B. and Peter N. Termaat collection (RHC-144)
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1982-10-28
contributor: The Washington Post
rights: In Copyright
format: application/pdf
language: eng
type: Text

Corpsman attending to wounded soldier
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Corpsman attending to wounded soldier who had tripped a booby-trapped hand grenade in the 3/27th Marine's area.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Booby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Booby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on. The round failed to detonate because the dirt around it gave way.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Patrol during Operation Allen Brook
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Patrol during Operation Allen Brook. Right after Oakes took the picture, North Vietnamese machine guns began firing from the opposite bank.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Engineers placing C-4 around the bobby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Engineers placing C-4 around the bobby-trapped U.S. 105 mm howitzer round that Oakes stepped on.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Live 81 mm round
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: White object in the center-right of the photo is a live 81 mm illumination round that went through Oakes' poncho and landed between his head and the Gunnery Sgt's head during a night firing in a rain storm.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

122 mm rockets captured in the rocket belt south of Da Nang
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Da Nang, Spring 1968. 122 mm rockets captured in the rocket belt south of Da Nang transported on a mule motorized cart to Camp Dong Son.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968
rights: In Copyright
relation: 1968
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Platoon ordnance load for a single patrol
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Platoon ordnance load for a single patrol. Consists of: machine gun ammo, hand grenades, M-16 ammo, M-79 ammo, smoke grenades, LAWs (Light Anti-Tank Weapons), and claymore mines.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

LZ Gurkha artillery emplacement of 105 mm howitzers
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: LZ Gurkha artillery emplacement of 105 mm howitzers.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Rear area at LZ Stud, Vandergrift Combat Base
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Rear area at LZ Stud, Vandergrift Combat Base. The jumping off point for the relief of Khe Sanh, October 1968.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
date: 1968-10
rights: In Copyright
relation: 1968
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War

Two U.S. Army dusters, 40mm tracked AA vehicles, south of Hue on Route 1
subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
subject: United States--History, Military
subject: Marine Corps
subject: Military life
subject: Soldiers
subject: Photographs
description: Two U.S. Army dusters, 40mm tracked AA vehicles, south of Hue on Route 1.
creator: Oakes, Ronald
source: Ronald Oakes Vietnam and Iraq photographs (RHC-80)
source: Veterans History Project interviews, RHC-27
publisher: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
rights: In Copyright
format: image/jpeg
language: eng
type: Image
coverage: Vietnam War