John Vedrode served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1942 to 1945. He describes combat on Eniwetok, where he earned a silver star for destroying a Japanese gun emplacement, serving with Carlson's Raiders in the Philippines, and serving on occupation…

Binding of In Search of Mademoiselle, by George Gibbs, published by Henry T. Coates and Company, 1901.

Isabelino Vazquez was born and grew up in Puerto Rico and was drafted into the Army in 1951 at the age of nineteen years old. Once drafted, Vazquez went through training in Puerto Rico before deploying to Korea and fighting in the Korean War. He…

Oral history interview with Fidencio Vasquez, Jr., the second. Interviewed by Norma Gonzalez Buenrostro on June 18, 2016 in Hart, Michigan. English language. Fidencio Vasquez, Jr., the second, was born in Edinburg, Texas in 1955. The son of two…

Carlos Vazquez is from Detroit, Michigan but he was born in Mexico and his family is from Ciudad Juárez on the border with Texas. Mr. Vasquez’s family settled in Detroit in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Vasquez is a musician who has played in several…

Francisco and Zandra Vasquez picking apples at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan.

Francisco Vasquez at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan picking pickling cucumbers.

Francisco Vasquez with his younger daughter riding on a tractor in an asparagus field at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan.

Vasquez Family picking apples at Golden Hart Farms in Hart, Michigan. Pictures from left to right are Eloisa's younger sister, Francisco Vasquez, and Zandra Vasquez (background, red jacket).

Francisco Vasquez in Traverse City, Michigan. Pictured during apple season in one of the fields where he worked.

Graduation of a nephew. Hart, Michigan.

Lupe Vasquez participating in the baptism of a newborn at St. Gregory's church in Hart, Michigan. Father Pedro is pictured at far left.

Photo of Lupe Vasquez, taken shortly after the family's move into their new house on State Street in Hart, Michigan.

Photo of Lupe Vasquez on family trip to Mexico.

Photo of Lupe Vasquez (right) with two of her children. Children are the younger sister and brother of Fidencio, Jr.

Photo of Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day.

Photo of Lupe Vasquez (left) and a relative working to graft plants at Willow Drive Nursery, Ephrata, Washington.

Photo of Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day.

Photo of Vasquez family trip to Mexico. Pictured are Fidencio, Jr. with his two brothers, sister, parents (Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez), and a cousin.

Photo of Fidencio and Lupe Vasquez on their wedding day.

Photo of Fidencio Vasquez, Jr.'s mother, Lupe Vasquez (left), with her godmother.

Gene Van Zee was born on April 1, 1929 in Pella, Iowa. He graduated from high school in 1947 and went to Calvin College for pre-medical school then went to the University of Iowa for medical school. He enlisted in the Navy Reserves and was stationed…

Ben VanSlooten served in the United States Army during WW II from May 13, 1943 to October 30, 1946 in the European Theater. VanSlooten discusses life on the home front, his time in basic training, D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, Operation "Market…

Oral history interview with Lawrence (Larry) VanSickle. Interviewed by Walter Urick on June 18, 2016 in Hart, Michigan. English language. Larry VanSickle was born in Hart, Michigan in 1943 and grew up on a one hundred and twenty acre farm located on…