Martyn, Douglas (Interview outline and video), 2007

Douglas Martyn served in the US Army from 1944 to 1946. He initially trained as a medic in Chicago and worked in a dispensary and administered inoculations to new recruits. He eventually transferred to the Army Air Corps and was based first in Louisiana and then in Alaska at a base near Nome that Ge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martyn, Douglas
Other Authors: Smither, James (Interviewer)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2007
Subjects:
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Video recordings
United States > History
Military
Michigan > History
Veterans
United States. Army
World War
1939-1945 > Personal narratives
American
Martyn
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29231
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/c159f33d01ce2d48dac78034b49d0578.mp4
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/79f14533415c6c95b6a681e3ffe8de34.pdf
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Summary:Douglas Martyn served in the US Army from 1944 to 1946. He initially trained as a medic in Chicago and worked in a dispensary and administered inoculations to new recruits. He eventually transferred to the Army Air Corps and was based first in Louisiana and then in Alaska at a base near Nome that Generals Eisenhower and LeMay visited because of the good fishing there.

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