Bloye, David C (Interview outline and video), 2016

• Main Author: Bloye, David
• Other Authors: Jones, Adam (Interviewer)
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives 2016
• Subjects: Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States > History; Military; Veterans; Video recordings; Other veterans & civilians > Personal narratives; American; United States. Navy; Pacific; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/39589; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/35c1624a41ece8adc49c6155d1152d92.m4v; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/91ab1c910c4f88021cd07bcf9a81245c.pdf

David C. Bloye was born on September 2, 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In September 1957 he enlisted in the Navy Reserve and began his active reserve duty while still in high school. After graduating from high school he received two weeks of basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. In early 1959 he applied for his two years of active duty and on March 17, 1959, he reported for active duty. He served aboard the USS Norfolk (DL-1) and went on anti-submarine exercises on the Pacific Coast, the Caribbean Sea, and in the North Atlantic. His active duty ended on January 19, 1961, and his inactive reserve duty ended two years after that. In March 1974 he reenlisted in the Navy Reserve, and after applying for a direct commission became a lieutenant junior grade. He served at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, for 20 years with a Navy Intelligence unit. In August 1994 he became the commanding officer of an intelligence unit and did that until his retirement on July 1, 1996.