Master plan reports
Addison (Mich. : Township)
Oakland County (Mich.)
Master Plan for Addison Township, Oakland County, Michigan developed by Wzacny & McKenna Associates Incorporated. Adopted by the Planning Commission September 13, 1983.
Planning Commission. Addison Township, Oakland County, Michigan
Planning and Zoning Center Collection (RHC-240)
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Wzacny & McKenna Associates Incorporated (consultant)
No Copyright - United States
Planning study series
Royal Oak (Mich.)
The Planning Unit Study was prepared by the Planning Department for the City of Royal Oak in April 1963.
Planning Department, City of Royal Oak, Oakland County, Michigan
Platte, Gerard James (Interview outline and video), 2015
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States--History, Military
Veterans
Video recordings
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
United States. Marine Corps
Gerard Platte was born on December 30, 1921 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With the United States dragged into the Second World War he enlisted in the Marine Corps on January 8, 1942 and was officially sworn in on January 20, 1942 at San Diego. He received basic training in San Diego along with rifle training at Camp San Luis Obispo. He was stationed at Naval Ammunition Depot Bremerton, Washington and Naval Ammunition Depot Indian Island, Washington before being sent to join B Company in the 21st Marine Regiment of the 3rd Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California. He was stationed on New Zealand and Guadalcanal before taking part in the invasion of Bougainville (first wave), then Guam (first wave), and finally Iwo Jima where he was wounded while carrying a wounded fellow Marine. He was eventually evacuated back to the United States where he recovered in California and Chicago before being discharged from the Marines on January 20, 1946.
Platte, Gerard James
Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)
Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan
In Copyright
World War II Red Arrow Division Scrapbook
United States. Army
World War, 1939-1945
Michigan--History, Military
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings dating from 1943 to 1945 detailing events of World War II, and in particular the activities of the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division. Many articles were clipped from the Grand Rapids Herald and Grand Rapids Press newspapers.
Platte, Richard
Richard Platte Red Arrow Division Collection, (RHC-99)
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Plattner, Howard (Interview outline and video), 2007
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Howard Plattner was born in Sabetha Kansas in 1950 and served in the U.S. army during the Vietnam conflict. He was drafted into the Army in 1969 and sent to Fort Sam Houston to train as a medic. He was sent to Vietnam in 1970 and returned to the U.S. in 1971. During this time he served as an operating room technician in an Evacuation Hospital at Chu Lai.
Plattner, Howard
Veterans History Project Collection, (RHC-27)
Incunabula
Printing 1450-1500
One leaf of Historia naturalis by Gaius Plinius Secundus and edited by Philippus Beroaldus. Printed in Venice by Marinus Saracenus on May 14, 1487. Illustrated in blue rubricated initials. [GW M34333; ISTC ip00795000]
Plinius Secundus, Galus (Pliny the Elder)
Seidman Rare Books Collection
Historia naturalis [Italian] [folium 193]
One leaf from Historia naturalis [Italian] by Gaius Plinius Secundus and translated by Christophorus Landinus. Printed in Venice by Nicolaus Jenson in 1476. [GW M34342; ISTC ip00801000]
Pogodzinski, Bryan (Interview outline and video), 2015
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American
United States. Air Force
Bryan Pogodzinski was born on September 15th 1964. He was active in the military during the Cold War as well as the Iraq War and served as a Master Sargent in the Air Force. During the Cold War he was stationed at Dyess Air Force base where the B1 Bomber was introduced. Later he was part of Operation Desert Shield in Iraq. There he worked for the 555th Military Police Company dealing with security risks. After leaving the military he focused on education and is soon to complete his PhD.
Pogodzinski, Bryan
Caledonia High School (Caledonia, Mich.)
Ronald Poitras interview (video and transcript)
Grand Valley State University
Michigan
Universities and colleges
Oral histories
Alternative education
Interview with Ronald Poitras by Barbara Roos, documenting the history of Grand Valley State's William James College. William James College was the third baccalaureate degree granting college for Grand Valley. It was originally designed to be an interdisciplinary, non-departmentalized college consisting of concentration programs, rather than majors. The college opened in 1971 and was discontinued in 1983 during a reorganization of Grand Valley State. Ronald Poitras was a Community and Environmental Planning faculty member in William James College and longtime professor at Grand Valley. In this interview, Ron discusses the philosophy of William James College and what attracted him to teach there, in addition to his experience working on the Prospect House project in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This interview is part 1 of 1 for Ronald Poitras.
Poitras, Ronald
William James College faculty and student interviews (GV016-16)
Polkton Township (Mich.)
Ottawa County (Mich.)
The Polkton Township Master Plan was prepared by the Polkton Township Planning Commission with assistance from WW Engineering & Science, Inc. and was adopted in January 1991.
Polkton Township Planning Commission, Polkton Township, Ottawa County, Michigan
WW Engineering & Science, Inc. (consultant)
Poll, Francis (Interview outline and video), 2008
Francis Poll grew up in Michigan and was drafted into the Army in August 1941. He trained as an infantryman in Texas, and his unit was sent to Northern Ireland for additional training, and went to North Africa in early 1943. He participated in fighting in Tunisia and Italy, including the battles at Salerno and Cassino, before being transferred home in 1944, where he served in a training command for the rest of the war.
Poll, Francis
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
Polmanteer, Arthur (Interview outline and video), 2009
Arthur Polmanteer is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army's 78th Division from January, 1944 to 1946. In this account, Polmanteer discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training. His unit saw action in the Hurtgen Forest, in the Battle of the Bulge, at the Remagen Bridge and into Germany, where they participated in the liberation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Polmanteer, Arthur
Poloski, Stanley (Interview outline and video), 2014
Stanley Poloski was born in 1948 in Richmond, Virginia. He lived in Richmond, Virginia until his family moved to central Florida. He grew up in Florida and attended high school and community college there until he was drafted. In the summer of 1969 he reported for basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and from there took advanced individual training specializing in artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In November 1969 he was deployed to Vietnam and was assigned to B Battery 2nd Battalion 319th Field Artillery Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division based out of Camp Evans. He served with them at multiple firebases before they were sent to Firebase Ripcord in March 1970. He served at Ripcord through the Battle of Ripcord until the firebase was evacuated on July 23, 1970. After the battle his unit was dissolved and he was reassigned to the 82nd Airborne Division operating near Saigon. He stayed in Vietnam until he was sent home on Christmas Eve, 1970 arriving home on New Year's Eve, 1970.
Poloski, Stanley
Pond, James (Interview outline and video), 2009
United States. Navy
James Pond was born in Santa Ana, California in 1925. He became very bored with school during the war and dropped out when he was 17 to enlist in the Navy. James went through boot camp in Idaho and then went to signal school in Chicago. After signaling on destroyers in the Arctic, James retinas became burned and he could no longer work as a signal man. He went back to school to become a hospital corps man and was sent to work in a hospital in Okinawa after the invasion. James also worked as a doctor aboard a ship stationed outside of Sasebo and Nagasaki, Japan
Pond, James
Spring Lake District Library (Spring Lake, Mich.)
Pontier, Wesley (Interview outline and video), 2015
Wesley Pontier was born on October 4, 1921 in Clifton, New Jersey and served in the United States Navy during World War II. He joined the navy in 1942 and trained in Bainbridge Maryland. He had several jobs while in the Navy
his most accomplished position was that of a signalman. Wesley traveled to many different parts of the world including Canada, Wales, Cuba, Chile, Peru, and Venezuela. During his interview, he recalls seeing men and ships preparing for the invasion of Normandy. After being discharged in December of 1945, Wesley returned to work for Manhattan rubber where he had worked before joining the navy. During his time in the navy, Wesley traveled over 80,000 miles at sea.
Pontier, Wesley
Pope, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008
Charles Pope was born on October 15, 1956 in the upper peninsula of Michigan. He enlisted in the Army when he was only 17 years and his parents had to sign a waiver because he was so young. Charles went though basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, then radar school in Arizona, and finally mechanic school at Fort Knox in Kentucky. Once he was finished with training Charles was still 17 and too young to go through combat. Instead of going to Vietnam he was sent to a post in Germany where he spent 10 months.
Pope, Charles
Municipal Comprehensive Plan Update, Master Plan
Portage (Mich.)
Kalamazoo County (Mich.)
The Municipal Comprehensive Plan Update, Master Plan was prepared by the Portage City Planning Commission with assistance from The Corradino Group and was adopted on August 15, 1996.
Portage City Planning Commission, City of Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Porter, James (Interview outline and video), 2008
James Porter served in the US Navy during the final year of WWII, and then spent forty-one years working for Commonwealth Edison, in Illinois. While still in high school, he worked at the University of Chicago, cutting graphite used in the Manhattan Project.
Porter, James
Potter, Christopher (Interview outline and video), 2011
Afghan War, 2001--Personal narratives, American
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives, American
Mr. Potter is from Grandville, Michigan. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in August, 2001, served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine. His highest rank was sergeant. He received his training in San Diego, where he was a squad leader. In Iraq, Mr. Potter was a fire-team leader. In Afghanistan, he was a squad leader. He was able to travel to over 30 different countries throughout his military career.
Potter, Christopher
Potter, Gordon (Interview outline and video), 2008
Other veterans & civilians--Personal narratives
Gordon Potter enlisted into the Naval Reserve the summer of 1955. He trained in Great Lakes, Illinois and was assigned to Alameda Naval Air Station afterwards to do clerical work. His main job was managing fuel use for Bravo Allotment until he was transferred to San Diego where he continued doing clerical work.
Potter, Gordon
Potter, James (Interview outline and video), 2014
James Potter was born in 1985 in Muskegon, Michigan. He joined the Army at age 17 before he graduated high school. He officially signed up on October 23rd, 2003 and was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri for basic training in Charlie Company 795. He chose 31 Bravo as a Military Police for his military occupational specialty. He eventually joined the 46th MP Company and was sent to Iraq. His unit spent a few weeks in Kuwait to get acclimated to the weather. James' deployment was cut short to eight and a half months as opposed to 15. On May 26th, 2007, James was hit by an explosively formed penetrator; he almost loss the use of his left arm and left eye. After being treated back in the United States, he signed up for the 1436th Engineer Company and ended up redeploying to Iraq for a second time in 2010. His second deployment lasted 11 months. He still works with the 1436th as an Admin Non-commissioned Officer today.
Potter, James
Potts, Cornelius (Interview outline and video), 2008
Cornelius Potts is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. While still in training, he was assigned to the 33rd Infantry Division's band. His unit was based near Seattle for some time, but eventually went to the Philippines and served on Luzon. Potts experienced combat, but primarily served with the band, entertaining dignitaries including Gen. MacArthur and President Quezon
Potts, Cornelius
Pouch, Vern (Interview outline and video), 2010
Vern Pouch, born in Fruitport Michigan, enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at the age of seventeen. After training at Great Lakes and in Virginia, he joined the crew of a new LST and sailed with her from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, and then across the Pacific, where he participated in the invasion of the Philippines. Off Mindoro in December, 1944, his ship was badly damaged and abandoned, and the crew were rescued by a destroyer and taken to Australia. He served out the remainder of his enlistment as a cook on Treasure Island in California.
Pouch, Vern
Powell, Gabriel (Interview outline and video), 2012
Gabriel Powell was born in Algoma, Michigan, in 1916. He grew up on a farm and worked as a carpenter until he enlisted into the military in 1941. He trained at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and was assigned to the engineer battalion of the 1st Armored Division. He went with his unit to Northern Ireland, and then to Scotland and England before landing in Algeria in 1942. He participated in the North African and Italian campaigns, mostly working on bridge construction and repair, and stayed with his unit until the war in Europe ended in 1945.
Powell, Gabriel