Hovinga, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2015

Joseph Hovinga was born in 1923 in Dorr, Michigan. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and enlisted in the Army in 1942. He trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and Fort Ord, California. He was sent to Hawaii and was assigned to H Company 32nd Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hovinga, Joseph
Other Authors: Smither, James (Interviewer)
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Grand Valley State University Libraries. Allendale, Michigan 2015
Subjects:
Oral history
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States > History
Military
Michigan > History
Veterans
World War
1939-1945 > Personal narratives
American
United States. Army
Attu Island
Attu
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41229
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/466098295a92204ff01d6617cef00c2e.mp4
https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/97620d8dd38248df8e8655d0b1d1f4e9.pdf
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Summary:Joseph Hovinga was born in 1923 in Dorr, Michigan. He grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and enlisted in the Army in 1942. He trained at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and Fort Ord, California. He was sent to Hawaii and was assigned to H Company 32nd Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division. He saw action on Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands Campaign, on Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands Campaign, on Leyte in the Philippines, and on Okinawa.

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