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Both cottages, Hess Lake looking North
Black and white photograph of a man and a woman sitting on a deck attached to the side of a house. The photo is taken from ground level looking up a flight of wooden stairs to the deck.
Bouchard, Wallace Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2015
Wallace Bouchard was born on July 1, 1927 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army Air Force Reserve in 1944, but was ejected from that in spring 1945 due to the Second World War ending. Shortly after his eighteenth birthday on July 1, 1945…
Boucher, Gary (Interview outline and video), 2009
Born in White Cloud, Michigan in 1953, Gary Boucher just missed the draft for the Vietnam War. However, based on input from several of his friends and his own investigation, Boucher joined the Michigan National Guard in 1978. Following training at…
Bougainville class French patrol vessel
Bougainville class French PG (patrol vessel), October 1, 1947.
Bouwkamp, Wilbur (Interview outline and video), 2007
Wilbur Bouwkamp served in the US Army between 1941 and 1945. After basic training, he was assigned to the 10 Armored Division, where he served on a recovery vehicle, a tank adapted to tow damaged tanks back to friendly lines where they could be…
Bovee, Betty (Interview transcript and video), 2009
Betty Bovee was born in Lansing, Michigan on April 29, 1923 and later moved to a small town where she grew up on a farm. She graduated from high school in 1941 and moved in with her aunt in Los Angeles, California. Betty spent the majority of her…
Bovee, Chester (Interview outline and video), 2009
Chester Bovee was born in Michigan on June 10, 1923 and enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps when he was 19 years old. He went through basic training at Contra Field in Texas where he also worked as an electrician. Chester later got a…
Bowers, Susan (Interview outline and video), 2014
Susan Ryan Bowers is the widow of Vietnam War veteran Steven Bowers. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee and then grew up in Florida. She met Steven in 1963 after a deployment to Europe. He was in the Navy as a bombardier/navigator for an A5 Vigilante…
Bowman, Jeffery (Interview outline and video), 2007
Jeff Bowman was born in Muskegon, Michigan on May 27, 1954. He went to Christian schools in Muskegon and played basketball. Jeff graduated in 1972 and then enlisted in the Army. He had basic training in Fort Dicks and was stationed there for two…
