North, Buford (Interview outline and video), 2014

• Main Author: North, Buford
• Other Authors: Erichsen, Wallace (Interviewer)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan 2014
• Subjects: World War; 1939-1945 > Personal narratives; American; United States. Navy; Oral history; Veterans History Project (U.S.); United States > History; Military; Michigan > History; Veterans; Flint; Orleans; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41052; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/bd3d65fc2791dd55d45e20c6a6b3e70e.m4v; https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1972ae9cc777bff848d363f4b31383da.pdf

Buford North was born in Paragould, Arkansas, in 1922. His family later moved to Flint, Michigan where he attended high school. He enlisted in the Navy in June 1942. He received basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois and transferred to New Orleans, Louisiana for further training and h...