890 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/57393f358f11b5c4fa9cadc9907ba2eb.jpg 2ceff2acbeb212db9dd922de93d56f48 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource F. C. Angus collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Description An account of the resource Photographs of Sergeant F.C. Angus, Battery A 328th Field Artillery, American Express Forces, by D. J. Angus. The 328th Field Artillery was one of the last horse drawn Filed Artilleries in combat. The correspondence between Angus, his brother D.J. and his parents took place while he was stationed at Camp Custer, MI, multiple camps in France and Fort Mills, NY during World War I. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917/1918 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/437">D.J. Angus photographs and films (RHC-04)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">No Copyright - United States</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60_Custer15 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers in military band at Camp Custer, Michigan Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers in military band at Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D.J. Angus photographs, RHC-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f4519859afb3dee03e7bd96549addf26.jpg bc830704843a7c47e3a0ab4d3c4d356b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Ochs collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. Description An account of the resource Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his tour of duty in France with the 26th Division, friends he acquired in France, and his leisure time activities Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/482">James W. Ochs World War II collection (RHC-55)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army France Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55_JWO003 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers leaving a non-commisioned officers club Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 166th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th Soldiers Military life Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division leaving a non-commisioned officers club (NCO) on US base, 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. United States. Army Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/89f8360e9b0a166ad03a7321d4c7ba44.jpg 101f1dbfffb61147484814f9da899231 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource F. W. Beasecker collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Beasecker, Helen Starr, 1912-1994 Beasecker, F.W. (Francis Wallace), 1917-1971 Description An account of the resource Photographs of Lt. (later Capt.) F.W. Beasecker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photographs of training at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; visit to the Gibbon Boat Works in New Orleans, manufacturer of parts for the LCVP; housing in Carabelle, Florida; and Signal Corps and Engineer Amphibian Command photographs taken in Cairns, Australia. Images taken in Australia include construction of the landing craft boat assembly plant, production and testing of the LCVP and snapshots taken by Beasecker during his active duty with the 411th Engineer Battalion during WWII. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1946 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/457">F.W. Beasecker papers (RHC-29)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean United States Boatbuilding Landing craft Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-29 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-29_Beasecker_06 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers marching at Camp Edwards Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Camp Edwards Military life Soldiers Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers marching at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, 1942. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Beasecker F.W. (Francis Wallace), 1917-1971 United States Army. Signal Corps. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived F. W. Beasecker papers, RHC-29 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/405be436e906fd15126b7bce20dabd96.jpg 3bb3dc5d71829129d4cd20566ffce667 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Otto Kuxhaus collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kuxhaus, Otto Description An account of the resource Photographs collected by Otto Kuxhaus. Materials document his tour of duty with the 81st Squadron and his leisure time activities. Some photos of family and friends are also included. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941/1971 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/506">Otto Kuxhaus World War II collection (RHC-57)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-57 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-57_OKuxhaus09 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers on Italian street Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Scrapbooks Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers on Italian street, 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kuxhaus, Otto Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Otto Kuxhaus WWII collection, RHC- 57 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1189a226dbd1fc778f1067054cd1571a.jpg c1463e640e6e12e4de446db3b19e5594 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Ochs collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. Description An account of the resource Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his tour of duty in France with the 26th Division, friends he acquired in France, and his leisure time activities Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/482">James W. Ochs World War II collection (RHC-55)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army France Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55_JWO011 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers on KP duty peeling potatoes Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 166th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th Photographs Soldiers Military life Description An account of the resource Soldiers in the 26th Division 39th Signal company peeling potatoes at US base, 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. United States. Army Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/95b420b1274d816aaa253133bf0277e7.jpg 8edce50ce6860adb4ed2045325656e2f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Ochs collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. Description An account of the resource Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his tour of duty in France with the 26th Division, friends he acquired in France, and his leisure time activities Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/482">James W. Ochs World War II collection (RHC-55)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army France Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55_JWO015 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers participating in field training Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 166th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th Soldiers Military life Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers of 26th Infantry Division participating in field training at US base, 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. United States. Army Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/6fea426f8dc3268b1d99dc6bd6f16e63.jpg 1648dd8bc39e668e0bfa9f7115eb213e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource F. W. Beasecker collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Beasecker, Helen Starr, 1912-1994 Beasecker, F.W. (Francis Wallace), 1917-1971 Description An account of the resource Photographs of Lt. (later Capt.) F.W. Beasecker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photographs of training at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; visit to the Gibbon Boat Works in New Orleans, manufacturer of parts for the LCVP; housing in Carabelle, Florida; and Signal Corps and Engineer Amphibian Command photographs taken in Cairns, Australia. Images taken in Australia include construction of the landing craft boat assembly plant, production and testing of the LCVP and snapshots taken by Beasecker during his active duty with the 411th Engineer Battalion during WWII. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1946 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/457">F.W. Beasecker papers (RHC-29)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean United States Boatbuilding Landing craft Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-29 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-29_Beasecker_08 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers pushing heavy equipment during practice drills Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Camp Edwards Military life Soldiers Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers pushing heavy equipment during practice drills at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, 1942. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Beasecker F.W. (Francis Wallace), 1917-1971 United States Army. Signal Corps. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived F. W. Beasecker papers, RHC-29 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/5dd300d1ab2237505bb0e3b358977408.jpg 433986415d2bd97964ac25eba82adcde Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Ochs collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. Description An account of the resource Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his tour of duty in France with the 26th Division, friends he acquired in France, and his leisure time activities Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/482">James W. Ochs World War II collection (RHC-55)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army France Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55_JWO004 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers reading headlines of allies invasion Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 166th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th Soldiers Military life Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers of the 26th Infantry Division crouched around an issue of the Columbia Record (South Carolina) with the headline "ALLIES OPEN INVASION, STRIKE ACROSS CHANNEL," 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. United States. Army Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f193e3140b9f684c2f43566a7506beec.jpg 84e9da1feb468e2bda0374d7fcedccc5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard Platte Red Arrow Division collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Platte, Richard Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs and a scrapbook pertaining to the 126th Infantry, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division of the U.S. Army. Sgt. Richard "Dick" Platte, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served in the U.S. Army, 32nd Infantry "Red Arrow" Division, 126th 3rd Battalion, Headquarters Company. The company trained for the war in Europe at Camp Livingston, Louisiana in 1941 and conducted maneuvers near Camp Beauregard. In the spring of 1942 the 32nd Division sailed to the South Pacific and settled in Australia. The 126th Regiment was organized into a combat team and was the first of U.S. forces dispatched to Port Moresby in New Guinea. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richard Platte Red Arrow Division collection (RHC-99) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource United States. Army United States. Army. Infantry Division, 32nd United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 126th World War, 1939-1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource Veterans History Project (U.S.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-99 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Text Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-99_Platte_010_1941 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers relaxing in camp, 1941 Description An account of the resource Soldiers relaxing in camp. Headquarters Company, 126th Infantry maneuvers at Camp Livingston. Subject The topic of the resource United States. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard Platte Red Arrow Division collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Platte, Richard Description An account of the resource Collection of photographs and a scrapbook pertaining to the 126th Infantry, 32nd (Red Arrow) Division of the U.S. Army. Sgt. Richard "Dick" Platte, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served in the U.S. Army, 32nd Infantry "Red Arrow" Division, 126th 3rd Battalion, Headquarters Company. The company trained for the war in Europe at Camp Livingston, Louisiana in 1941 and conducted maneuvers near Camp Beauregard. In the spring of 1942 the 32nd Division sailed to the South Pacific and settled in Australia. The 126th Regiment was organized into a combat team and was the first of U.S. forces dispatched to Port Moresby in New Guinea. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Richard Platte Red Arrow Division collection (RHC-99) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Subject The topic of the resource United States. Army United States. Army. Infantry Division, 32nd United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 126th World War, 1939-1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. Special Collections and University Archives Relation A related resource Veterans History Project (U.S.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-99 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Text Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-99_Platte_011_1941 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers relaxing in camp, 1941 Description An account of the resource Soldiers relaxing in camp. Headquarters Company, 126th Infantry maneuvers at Camp Livingston. Subject The topic of the resource United States. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource F. C. Angus collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Description An account of the resource Photographs of Sergeant F.C. Angus, Battery A 328th Field Artillery, American Express Forces, by D. J. Angus. The 328th Field Artillery was one of the last horse drawn Filed Artilleries in combat. The correspondence between Angus, his brother D.J. and his parents took place while he was stationed at Camp Custer, MI, multiple camps in France and Fort Mills, NY during World War I. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917/1918 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/437">D.J. Angus photographs and films (RHC-04)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">No Copyright - United States</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60_Custer11 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers watching broad jump at Camp Custer, Michigan Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) 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Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60_Custer12 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers watching high jump at Camp Custer, Michigan Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers watching high jump at Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D.J. Angus photographs, RHC-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60_Custer13 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers watching high jump at Camp Custer, Michigan Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers watching high jump at Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D.J. Angus photographs, RHC-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. 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Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60_Custer14 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers watching high jump at Camp Custer, Michigan Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers watching high jump at Camp Custer, Michigan, 1918. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D.J. Angus photographs, RHC-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2f422ff369a6c8d417a2e8ec57891bca.jpg 6f77f3f70cb6a1fae15caf2b2987f14c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource F. C. Angus collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Description An account of the resource Photographs of Sergeant F.C. Angus, Battery A 328th Field Artillery, American Express Forces, by D. J. Angus. The 328th Field Artillery was one of the last horse drawn Filed Artilleries in combat. The correspondence between Angus, his brother D.J. and his parents took place while he was stationed at Camp Custer, MI, multiple camps in France and Fort Mills, NY during World War I. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917/1918 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/437">D.J. Angus photographs and films (RHC-04)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/">No Copyright - United States</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-60_Custer18 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers with bedrolls lined up to leave Camp Custer Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military Soldiers Military life United States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 328th United States. Army. Fort Custer (Mich.) Camp Custer (Mich.) Photographs Description An account of the resource Soldiers with bedrolls lined up to leave Camp Custer, 1918. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D.J. Angus photographs, RHC-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War I Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7b5d435dabc3c388aa76babcbffc1591.jpg 702e0792f8c8a0284eab2059bfc153bf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Ochs collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. Description An account of the resource Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his tour of duty in France with the 26th Division, friends he acquired in France, and his leisure time activities Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/482">James W. Ochs World War II collection (RHC-55)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army France Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55_JWO009 Title A name given to the resource Soldiers, including Brigadier General Harlan Nelson Hartness Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 166th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th Photographs Soldiers Military life Description An account of the resource Soldiers, including Brigadier General Harlan Nelson Hartness, at US base, 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. United States. Army Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/8fbb013aaf258fcd7211a19f66c31ff9.m4v 054b120bb41c46a914ab0f99c5158281 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7f0f957ecee1f7f2b9c8fe0cf04464f9.pdf 01c3e727866870a1f702c39ed71021b8 PDF Text Text Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Afghan War Nicolaus Solecki Length of interview: (1:48:36) (00:00) Early Life     Nic was born in October 1990 in Flint, Michigan He attended Flushing High School and graduated in 2009 Nic’s mother was a barber and his father worked for General Motors On September 11, 2001, Nic was in middle school o All the students were sent home that day o As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan progressed, Nic paid close attention o Several of the boys from his town took part in the first and second battles of Fallujah (2:15) Military Life      After he ended his senior football season, Nic and a group of his friends decided to join the marines o He had a family friend who had graduated from West Point and was serving in the army; however, this was the only positive insight he had. This influenced his decision to join the marines o Another reason he joined the marines was to get his schooling paid for by the G.I. Bill A recruiter offered Nic an armorer position (of which only three were available in the country) but Nic wanted to join the infantry and fight Nic left for boot camp in San Diego on August 2, 2009 o When he arrived at the airport a drill instructor walked in and herded them to a bus. All of the recruits had to sit on the bus with their heads down When they arrived at their destination, all of them had to remove all personal items o All of the recruits were given a buzz cut, and basic military clothes and shoes. They were not allowed to sleep for the first 24 hours because the drill instructors were trying to reset everyone’s body clock (11:30) Training occurred in phases o In phase one, the drill instructors emphasized discipline and breaking down the recruits by exhausting them o The second phase (week 5-8) involved building the recruits back up in the ways of the Marine Corps. In this phase, they went to Camp Pendleton to go through rifle qualification training �         When a recruit joined the marines, a schedule was set which extended to their graduation date o If a recruit was injured, there was a significant period of time he was allowed to heal before being placed in another class Nic graduated basic training on October 30, 2009 o When he graduated, he was given a 30 day leave in which he was required to help marine recruiters In the beginning of November, Nic was sent to SOI (School of Infantry) o This is where particular infantry roles were assigned and trained for o Shortly after starting SOI, Nic was given another block leave for Christmas. This was the second significant leave he was given in the five months he was in the Marine Corps (19:20) Nic’s particular designation was an 0352 Anti-Tank Missile man o In SOI, he trained on medium and large, anti-tank missile systems. He also trained on the Javelin and Sabre missile systems o Although the enemy the United States was facing didn’t have the technology that the Americans had, they still had vehicles that made these missile systems necessary. In SOI, Nic and his comrades learned how to operate in small fire teams. In total, the training lasted for 2.5 months After SOI, Nic was sent to Twentynine Palms, California o Twentynine Palms was a large and empty place in the middle of the desert o He was placed in a weapons company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Division. A lot of the men in the unity had just come back from Iraq (29:00) There was a significant amount of hazing that occurred when Nic joined his unit o New replacements were often made to clean things and stay awake for long periods of time. However, hazing was something largely frowned upon in the Marine Corps. This was largely due to severe incidences that command didn’t want repeated o Ownership significantly influenced behavior in the Marine Corps. Officers of all ranks were responsible for the actions of their men, If they behaved badly, the leader took responsibility Throughout their stay at Twentynine Palms, there were a lot of brawls between Platoons. These often began when one marine insulted another and friends got involved. These fights actually built comradery within units Late in the summer of 2010, Nic was sent to Okinawa as part of the 31st Expeditionary Unit o This was shortly after North Korea had sunk a South Korean frigate off of their coast. Nic spent 3 to 4 weeks on Okinawa before getting on a ship headed to the coast of North Korea where they stayed for 2 weeks. One of the companies assisted in training South Korean troops o They also traveled to the Philippines and helped train troops as well as provide relief after a typhoon �       During this period, Nic also took part in jungle training o This was difficult because it was always very hot. There were occasions when he had to survive for an extended period of time without most of his gear. He learned how to build shelter and what foods to consume when regular rations weren’t readily available Nic’s ship, the USS Harpers Ferry, held hover craft which were used for beach landings o A lot of the exercises he went on utilized these hovercraft They worked with foreign troops from Guam, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines (42:40) When Nic’s unit was in the Philippines, their base was set up near a small town. The people living in the town were very poor; many of them didn’t have proper clothing. These conditions gave Nic an idea of what to expect in Afghanistan o He had to sit through a lot of briefings on sexual assault and general safety because American soldiers had conducted themselves poorly in the past o In general, Nic and his comrades had a lot of time to themselves when they were on the ocean; they often called it the “Booze Cruise” o A lot of the work Nic did in the Philippines involved moving supplies into nets so that they could be air lifted o He was on the ship until January or February of 2011 After he returned to the U.S. Nic had a short leave before he reported to an anti-armor leaders course, where he achieved the rank of corporal When he returned to his unit, they had received three replacements. Another company (Animal) had received far more and was at double the normal company strength of 120 men o Command was beefing these units up so that they would be better suited to train Afghan soldiers. Four teams were set up, two would help train the Afghan Army, two would help train the police force. MPs were also attached to these units o Nic was pulled into Animal Company as a squad leader (Animal Company, Army Team 4, 2nd Squad). Each team would pair with a company of Afghan soldiers (50:50) Nic and his unit spent most of 2011 preparing to go to Afghanistan o One of the first things they did was go to Bridgeport, California to become acclimated to the sort of terrain they would be operating in o Once he returned to Twentynine Palms, Nic was put into Animal Company. After being reassigned, Nic and his comrades took a month long course in Dari, a lingual dialect spoken in Afghanistan o Afghan civilians would come in and take part in simulated operations. They would only speak native Afghan languages o The final stage of preparation was called Mojave Viper, a one month training exercise in Twentynine Palms. After Nic had completed it, he had a few weeks of liberty before shipping to Afghanistan (55:00) Afghanistan  Nic boarded a Delta airliner in California and was flown to Germany where he got on another plane headed to Manas Airbase in Kyrgyzstan �         o All troops going to Afghanistan went through Manas. They spent a week there to adjust to the climate and the time zone. o After a week in Manas, Nic was taken to Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province, Afghanistan After spending several days at Camp Leatherneck, Nic was flown by chopper to his area of operation o Unfortunately, he was flown to the wrong forward operating base (FOB). He was taken by truck to FOB Alcatraz in northern Sangin. Nic’s platoon was attached to an Afghan Army unit there. Dog Company (Nic’s old unit) was also stationed at Alcatraz Half of Nic’s platoon remained in FOB Alcatraz while Nic and 12 other men were positioned at a small patrol base (PB Watson) 30 minutes away When they arrived in Sangin, the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Marine Division were rotating out. They helped incoming units learn their jobs The Afghan soldiers were high a lot; the first Afghan soldiers Nic saw were carrying a large garbage bag of marijuana into a hut o Nic and those in his platoon had a hard time trusting the Afghan soldiers. There was only one that they allowed into their living area o They knew that some of the Afghan soldiers were Taliban informants. The only reason that they weren’t arrested is because the Americans were getting a lot of intelligence from their cell phone activity (1:05:30) At the patrol base, there were 23 Afghan soldiers living with them; those who were suspected of being informants were kept close so the marines could watch them Nic and his comrades worked with the Afghans and their goal was to get them to a point in which they could operate on their own. o The incompetence of many of the Afghan soldiers prevented the marines from allowing them to take the lead. o Many of the soldiers we paid infrequently because their commanders would not distribute the funds given for payroll. Many of the Afghan soldiers were paid far less than they were supposed to because commanders often stole their money There was quite a bit of enemy activity during Nic’s deployment; however, the Taliban were careful not to shoot rockets at the marines because they were located close to a large amount of poppy. o Poppy fields were very important to the enemy. On one occasion, Nic witnessed a bulldozer driving into a poppy field. The silence that had lasted the whole day ended with a firefight, in which the enemy fought to protect their crop. The enemy often refrained from engaging the marines. Instead, they waited for Afghan soldiers or police to fall into an ambush. Nic and his comrades were not always able to help their Afghan allies because they wanted the Afghans to handle problems on their own Villagers were often helpful in pointing out IEDs because they didn’t want the marines walking through the middle of their poppy fields �            (1:13:30) A major flaw of the advising was the fact that a lot of the marines were not patient enough to carry it out effectively. A low-ranked marine was more enthusiastic about fighting than working with the locals Despite the issues in this advising effort, they had fostered good relations with Afghan commanders, allowing them to work through many of the problems they faced About five months into the deployment, the marines were told that they were pulling out of PB Watson and consolidating all U.S. and Afghan forces at FOB Alcatraz o During Ramadan, the Afghan soldiers were fasting in the high heat (over 100 degrees). Issues arose when several marines began to purposely chug water in front of them. When a fight broke out, one of the marines claimed that one of the Afghan soldiers tried to kill him o There had been several “green on blue” incidences where sleeper cells within the Afghan army had killed marines. When the fight occurred, the entire base went on alert because they believed this to be a similar incident As a result of this incident, all of the marines left Alcatraz and went to FOB Jackson (1:21:00) The Helmand River flowed through their area of operations. They called the area across the river “Indian country” because it was under the control of the Taliban. When patrols were conducted, there needed to be a total of 12 men, four of whom needed to be marines o The Afghan soldiers were often high but the marines tolerated it as long as they were doing their jobs o They didn’t make much contact with the Taliban; however, when the Afghan soldiers went out alone, they were often engaged o The Afghan soldiers were often able to use American transportation (such as helicopters) when going into the field with the marines Translators came from the United States (belonging to immigrant families) or local areas. Those who came from local areas were often working so that they could earn the right to move to the United States When Nic moved back to Alcatraz, he took part in the normal patrols and guarded the base On one occasion, supplies were accidentally dropped into Taliban country. Whenever Nic and his comrades saw American supplies on the ground, they refrained from toughing them because the Taliban were known to booby trap items such as MREs When the marines reduced their presence in Sangin, the Taliban began to operate more aggressively because the Afghan army weren’t able to hold them back as effectively as the marines While he was in Afghanistan, he was able to call his family on his satellite phone. However, they had to go on a roof to get a good signal; this made them targets for the Taliban (1:36:42) Nic was in Afghanistan for seven months. He got back to the United States in October 2012. � They were replaced in Sangin by the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. Although Nic and his unit stayed for a short time to advise their replacements, their advice was largely ignored (1:40:20) Back in the United States    Before they were sent to Twentynine Palms, they spend a week at Camp Leatherneck learning how to readjust to civilian life Nic was released from the Marine Corps in March-April 2013. The first thing he did was spend a week in San Francisco before driving across country to Michigan. He spent the summer readjusting before starting college at Grand Valley State University. o PTSD was an issue for many men and women coming out of the military. For Nic, the skills he learned in the Marine Corps (organization and discipline) helped him land on his feet. Nic is studying international relations with a minor with a minor in international business. He has also studied abroad in Poland; he plans on going into the field of business � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Veterans History Project Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. History Department Description An account of the resource The Library of Congress established the Veterans History Project in 2001 to collect memories, accounts, and documents of U.S. war veterans from World War II and the Korean War, Vietnam War, and conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, and to preserve these stories for future generations. The GVSU History Department interviews are part of this work-in-progress, and may contain videos and audio recordings, transcripts and interview outlines, and related documents and photographs. 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Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/ba85ca97d2e250f43202e46625dec721.jpg 1dbe3958913f4e1bfe5ab978b5635af3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robert H. Merrill photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909/1950 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. 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Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Merrill_LS00351 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-04-05 Title A name given to the resource Solfatara Description An account of the resource Black and white lantern slide of several people gathered around a shallow, smoking pit at the Solfatara volcano in Pozzuoli, Italy. Subject The topic of the resource Lantern slides Pozzuoli (Italy) Volcanoes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. 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Merrill photographs Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909/1950 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-222 Description An account of the resource Photographs, negatives, and lantern slides digitized from the papers of engineer and archaeologist Robert H. Merrill. A Grand Rapids native, Merrill held an accomplished career as a civil engineer. He founded the company Spooner & Merrill, which held offices in Grand Rapids and Chicago. From 1919-1921, Merrill lived in China, working as Assistant Principal Engineer on a reconstruction of the Grand Canal - the oldest and longest canal system in the world. Merrill became fascinated by archaeology, and among other projects, he traveled to the Uxmal Pyramids in Yucatan, Mexico, with a research expedition from Tulane University. Merrill's photo collection includes images of his travels and projects, friends and family. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Merrill_FilmPacks_7_002 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1937-04-05 Title A name given to the resource Solfatara Mud Pots Description An account of the resource Black and white photograph of the Solfatara di Pozzuoli volcanic mud pots. Subject The topic of the resource Italy Volcanoes Pozzuoli (Italy) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Robert H. Merrill papers (RHC-222) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In Copyright Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource eng Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Merrill, Robert H., 1881-1955 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/d5c28eba52bceac36e29db9b19525523.pdf 900c5a3c6c3e1f097be9678d0acbb26d PDF Text Text Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life Thanksgiving Day Text: John 14:6 Richard A. Rhem Christ Community Church Spring Lake, Michigan Advent I, November 28, 1999 Transcription of the spoken sermon Someone who has become a good friend, Rabbi David Hartman, who has been in Muskegon on three different occasions in that full-day dialogue sponsored by the West Shore Committee for Jewish-Christian Dialogue, has sent me his most recent book, an autographed copy, and the title is the title of his lecture here a year or two ago - A Heart of Many Rooms. It's a wonderful image; a heart of many rooms is a heart that can receive and accommodate diversity of opinion and various perspectives on the truth. As I was reading the introduction, I realized that it is really a statement of David Hartman's life and passion as he lives in Jerusalem, having moved there from this country in order to be a part of that emerging Israeli experience, the living community of Jews returned to Jerusalem. In the introduction, he mentions an experience that he had back in the 70s. The Six Day War was going on and David Hartman was terribly distressed and recognized that the nation, Israel, was in jeopardy, and he said, "Oh, Lord God, if we are to experience another Holocaust, I'll not be able to do it. How long," he says, "could we continue to be witnesses to the silent God of history?" Well, Israel won that war and feeling compelled to go there, he visited Israel and he found that, in the wake of the victory of the Six Day War, the Jews were dancing in the streets of Jerusalem. There was a mood of jubilation. He was a Rabbi in a congregation in the Bronx or Montreal at the time, and he returned home on the ninth of Ab. Ab is a Jewish month in the Jewish calendar, and the ninth day of the month Ab is the day that the Jews traditionally mourn the destruction of Jerusalem that occurred by the Roman legions back in 70 C.E. The ninth of Ab every year they gather and they mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. So, he leaves the jubilation of the streets of Jerusalem, the living Jewish community, and he comes to his own people in his own synagogue and they are in mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem. The incongruity of it struck him, and he writes that it seemed like a parent who prays for the recovery of a sick child and the child recovers, and the parent continues to pray for recovery because he or she has fallen in love with the prayer. He announced to his people © Grand Valley State University   �Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life Richard A. Rhem Page 2   who were in mourning in traditional fashion for what had happened nearly 2000 years ago, that the people of Jerusalem were dancing in the street! That's one of those deep human experiences that has a way of changing one's thinking or at least jarring one out of traditional patterns and thought. David Hartman, from that moment on, began to ask himself, "What does it mean to engage the God of history in the present? What does it mean to engage the God of history in a live community, here and now?" That became the passion and the mission of his life. Eventually, he moved his family to Jerusalem and formed the Shalom Hartman Institute for the study of peace, trying in that living community itself to live out a vital Jewish faith, not now waiting.for Messiah to come, but seeing in the concrete realization of that Israeli community the action of God in the midst of history, trying to interpret it and trying.to live into it. As he reflected on that, he realized that, as a traditional, observant Jew, he had been living between history remembered and history anticipated. In the meantime, it was a time of passive waiting, which, in the Jewish experience, was explained as the time of the silence of God. Where was God when six million Jews suffered death? Where was God through all the centuries of history and the struggle and the suffering of the Jewish people? As a Rabbi, David Hartman had celebrated the great Jewish festivals which celebrated God's past action, and one of those festivals, the Passover, had an eschatological (future) dimension. The liturgy for Passover ends with "next year in Jerusalem." Thus Hartman realized he had been living with a "symbolic history" which "remembered" and which “hoped,” but missing was the sense of the immediate presence of God acting here and now. God was "silent." That triggered lots of thoughts with me as I thought about the first Sunday in Advent, today, and coming to this table of our Lord for we, too, today have experienced again participation and ritual and the sacrament, and the sacrament has called us to remember and to hope. That same eschatological note is in the sacrament. Jesus says in Luke's gospel, after having shared that meal, "I will not do it again with you until the kingdom fully comes." Paul, in the institution in I Corinthians 11, says that, "As often as we eat this bread and drink this cup we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes." So the Christian experience, very much like the Jewish experience, is lived in the meantime, between the mighty act of God in Jesus Christ, and that mighty act of God in Jesus Christ in the coming again to judge the nations. So we have action past, action anticipated. We remember and we hope and, in the meantime, we don't really take very seriously the active engagement of God in our history. If you want to know what's going on, you go to Washington or Beijing or Moscow or Paris or London. If you want to know what's going on, check the Wall Street Stock Market. If you want to know what's going on, read the journals. But God is not really very vividly present in our thinking about history, our history, our day, our nationv our world. A kind of passivity comes over the Church. © Grand Valley State University �Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life Richard A. Rhem Page 3   Oh, we're very good at remembering what God has done; we're very clear about what God will do. Jesus comes for our salvation. Jesus comes again for our full redemption. That's the story, that's the biblical story, that's the traditional Christian faith. And here it is, the first Sunday in Advent, the first season of the Christian year that will bring us into the first season of a new millennium, and we're doing it again. Traditionally, I would say to you Advent is the time when we remember that the one who came is coming again. Of course, I can't do that anymore because last year I told you Jesus wasn't coming again, and of course, you always believe everything I say. But I don't really think Jesus is coming again. I think that that idea of a second coming permeated the air of the first century. It marked Jewish expectation and the emerging. Christian movement; they were expecting the imminent return of Jesus from heaven. Imminent. That means right now, very soon. We've noted here before that the first great crisis and perhaps the greatest crisis of Christian faith is the fact that Jesus didn't return. Nothing happened. Paul had to write his letter to the Thessalonians because they laid off work and were waiting for it to happen. The expectation runs through the whole of the New Testament, and it didn't happen. And of course, if you have an infallible, inerrant Bible that you have to defend, you're in real trouble, because what you have to do is say that it will still happen. It just hasn't happened yet. But, if you can hear that scripture witness as the testimony of those who were giving witness to their deepest faith and conviction in the only kind of terms that they could understand, the conceptuality of their own context and history, then you can simply say they got it wrong. What they were expecting didn't happen and, if it didn't happen, there is not any reason to think that they were simply wrong in terms of a couple of thousand years, but rather, their understanding of what God had done in Jesus Christ was wrong. Well, yes and no. They got the core of it right, for they saw in Jesus Christ the embodiment of God. They saw in Jesus Christ the word made flesh. They experienced the presence of God in Jesus Christ, or, as our good Bishop Spong said here, the God presence. That's what the scripture lesson is about in John 14. Jesus says to them, "You know where I'm going," and Phillip doesn't know. He said, "We don't know the way. We don't know where you're going; how can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." And, of course, he went on to say, "No one comes to the father but by me." At least that's what John wrote decades after the event because that was what John felt, being a leader of a small persecuted minority movement. John wasn't talking, about whether or not the truth of God is held exclusively in Jesus Christ or that the whole world has to become Christian in order to come into communion with God. That wasn't even in the purview of what the writer was saying; the writer was trying to give witness to that which was the deepest experience of his life. He said, "In Jesus, my God," and so, we have that sixth verse, "I am the way, the truth, © Grand Valley State University �Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life Richard A. Rhem Page 4   and the life." And rather than some final, dramatic, divine intervention to right all the wrongs, to bring all things to consummation, to damn the wicked and rescue the righteous, I wonder if that wasn't something put on Jesus, but that Jesus himself was simply living out the God life so that those who encountered him could say, as John writes in this gospel, "If you've seen me, you've seen the father. How much plainer can I make it? In my flesh, this is the embodiment of God; this is what God is; this is what God is about; this, my way, is the way. This, my truth, is the truth. This, my life, this is life." I wonder in this season of Advent if, rather than the passivity that has marked us – waiting for the final act, I wonder if we really took Jesus seriously we might start a contagious consciousness of what, after all, we are called to be, so that it wouldn't simply be for us coming to this table remembering and hoping, remembering what God had done, anticipating what God would do, but rather, coming to this table understanding ourselves becoming the companions of Jesus. Bishop Spong also said that word, companion. I looked it up; he's right. It comes from the Latin - com, with; panis, with bread. To be a companion literally is with bread. You break bread with your companion, with your friend. You have a meal with your friend. Human relationship and human community is built in the meal. Too bad we have to do it symbolically with a little piece of bread and a little dip in the chalice. Too bad we can't throw out banquet tables and have conviviality. And then, in the midst of the meal, a real meal, experiencing the communion. But, this is all we can do, so we give you just a hint of what it really would be about. But what if, coming to that table was our declaration to be in solidarity with Jesus. That is, solidarity with the way of Jesus, the truth of Jesus, the life of Jesus. What if we really believed that God was in that one, so that that one, in the midst of our history was the pointer for the only hope of history, which is not for some dramatic coming again, but for the likes of us to quit Lolly-gagging through history, and like a David Hartman, saying "I'm going to go and I'm going to live in Israel because I want to experience the God I remember from past action in the present." It might make a difference in our world and, God knows, the world needs transformation. I mentioned to you Thursday I have been going.through the video series of World War II, narrated by Walter Cronkite. I watch those videos of the rise of Hitler. You see the brutality and the violence of the brown shirts. The other night I watched the invasion of Norway and Denmark. I could cry. How can we do that to one another? I remember watching Schindler's List, and I thought we ought to get the whole world together and make everyone look at that film. I saw Private Ryan, and said if only we could get the whole world to sit down together and then to look at each other across the table and to say we can never, never do that to each other again. The horror of it! The brutality of it! The inhumanity of it! The violence and the destruction that is a denial of everything about the way, the truth, and the life that came into expression in Jesus Christ. © Grand Valley State University �Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life Richard A. Rhem Page 5   The Dalai Lama, recently in the Golan Heights at a World Interfaith Conference, spoke of the third millennium as the millennium of peace. God knows we need it, rather than our religions fueling the divisiveness and the barriers and the hostility between people. If the world religions, whose core values point to peace, could use all of our energy and all of our efforts and resources to raise the consciousness, the human consciousness of the world to say we've got to stop killing each other, we've got to stop excluding each other, we've got to stop dominating each other, we have to do away with this arrogance, this triumphalism, this tribalism that will tear the human fabric apart. Think of the marvelous picture of the peaceable kingdom and the prophets, the shalom. David Hartman says, "That's not a picture of some future time and place. That's the immediate critique of every moment of history and every structure, economic, social, political, religious. Every structure and every moment of history comes under the critique of that ideal of shalom, of that magnificent picture, that glorious vision when they will not hurt or destroy in all God's holy mountain." My God, people, there's something to do! This isn't about some comic strip finality at the end of time. This is about right here and right now, and it's about you and me, companions of Jesus, who is the way and the truth and the life. References: Rabbi David Hartman. A Heart of Many Rooms: Celebrating the Many Voices within Judaism. Jewish Lights Pub, 2001. © Grand Valley State University � https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/e6129620c9affdddd295fb8d7cdc496e.mp3 d7a35a08139ac0f6f7ae1945bd11c43e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard A. Rhem Collection Description An account of the resource Text and sound recordings of the sermons, prayers, services, and articles of Richard Rhem, pastor emeritus of Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, where he served for 37 years. Starting in the mid 1980's, Rhem began to question some of the traditional Christian dogma that he had been espousing from the pulpit. That questioning was a first step in a long and interesting spiritual journey, one that he openly shared with his congregation. His journey is important, in part because it is reflective of the questioning, the yearnings, and the gradual revision of beliefs that many persons in this part of the century have experienced and continue to experience. It is important also because of the affirming and inclusive way his questioning was done and his thinking evolved. His sermons and other written and spoken materials together document the steps in his journey as it took a turn in 1985, yet continued to revolve around the framework and liturgies of the Christian calendar. Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Religion Interfaith worship Sermons Sound Recordings Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rhem, Richard A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/514">Richard A. Rhem papers (KII-01)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kaufman Interfaith Institute Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-2014 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 text/pdf Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Event Advent I Series Memory and Hope Scripture Text John 14:6 Location The location of the interview Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI References Rabbi David Hartman, A Heart of Many Rooms, 2001 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context KII-01_RA-0-19991128 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1999-11-28 Title A name given to the resource Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Richard A. Rhem Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Clergy--Michigan Reformed Church in America Christ Community Church (Spring Lake, Mich.) Sermons Relation A related resource Richard A. Rhem - An Archive of Sermons, Prayers, Talks and Stories: http://richardrhem.org/ Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Sound Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 application/pdf Description An account of the resource A sermon given by Richard A. Rhem (Dick) on November 28, 1999 entitled "Solidarity in The Way, The Truth, and The Life", as part of the series "Memory and Hope", on the occasion of Advent I, at Christ Community Church, Spring Lake, MI. Scripture references: John 14:6. Historical Jesus Way of Jesus https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/978e03a2e13372e9d2081f87d2f99d67.jpg 4f831286737a5071dfa8767711ceaf17 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource James Ochs collection Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. Description An account of the resource Collection includes a photo album of images taken by Ochs, 16 photos taken by the Army Signal Corps of the 26th Infantry Division, and document his tour of duty in France with the 26th Division, friends he acquired in France, and his leisure time activities Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942/1945 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/482">James W. Ochs World War II collection (RHC-55)</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army France Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55 Language A language of the resource eng Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-55_JWO012 Title A name given to the resource Soliders with Assistant Commanding General Harlan Nelson Hartness Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1939-1945 United States--History, Military Michigan--History, Military United States. Army. Signal Photo Company, 166th United States. Army. Infantry Division, 26th Soldiers Military life Photographs Description An account of the resource Soliders of the 26th Infantry Division with Assistant Commanding General Harlan Nelson Hartness (center) at US base, 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ochs, James W. United States. Army Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived James W. Ochs WWII collection, RHC-55 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant World War II Language A language of the resource eng Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2745ad3c0f50a1c230151c07a18e994b.jpg 8c51c1b9551cb14e0af478b2f6b945c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D.J. Angus Photographs Subject The topic of the resource Photographs Photography—United States Mexico Engineering Indiana Michigan Description An account of the resource An extensive photographic record of Angus’ work and travels throughout the U.S. and Mexico. The images of manmade and natural phenomenon often reflect his interest in engineering projects that include dams, bridges, mines, power plants, cliff dwellings, and quarries. Indiana resident and entrepreneur, D. J. Angus produced an extensive photographic record of his work and travels throughout the U.S. and Mexico, during the late 1920s -1940s. The images of manmade and natural phenomenon often reflect his interest in engineering projects that include dams, bridges, mines, power plants, cliff dwellings, and quarries. Over 10,000 still images from 1903-1966 document Angus’ family, friends, business, and travels. Over 12,000 ft. of 16mm movie film complete this collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D.J.) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/437">D.J. Angus Photographs (RHC-04)</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpg Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1900-1960 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-03-21 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Source <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/437">D.J. Angus photographs and films, RHC-04</a> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RHC-04-A5-983 Title A name given to the resource Soloman Description An account of the resource Portrait of Soloman. Copy of studio portrait of unknown Native American. Subject The topic of the resource Photographs Photography Indians of North America Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Angus, Donald James (D. J.) 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