Beachum, Norman L (Interview outline and video), 2011

• Main Author: Beachum, Norman L.
• Other Authors: Smither, James (Interviewer)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2011
• Subjects: Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States > History; Military; Veterans; Video recordings; World War; 1939-1945 > Personal narratives; American; United States. Navy; Cumberland Sound
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29981; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/698fe24b725688a16847343815a96263.mp4; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/886aa2b623ea2f5a2c6a624433894a04.pdf

Norman Beachum was born in Union City, Tennessee on March 7, 1927. After moving around the country his family settled in Muskegon, Michigan and on his 17th birthday he enlisted in the Navy (March 7, 1944). He took basic training at Farragut Naval Training Station, Idaho and after 14 weeks went to Ta...