flag, service
Catalog Number
2019.32.7Description
Rectangular-shaped service flag, red with white rectangle in center and blue star within white rectangle. Yellow fringe on one end.History
This service flag hung in the home at 614 Central Ave, Holland, MI in 1944 and 1945. George's parents moved here in 1935.Items in donation 2019.32 belonged to George Kuiper, Jr. They were donated in his memory by his family.
George Henry Kuiper was born February 24, 1926 in Holland, MI to George Kuiper, Sr. (1900-1990) and Minnie Vos Kuiper (1888-1992).
He attended Holland Christian schools, graduating in 1944. That summer he attended artillery training at Camp Roberts in California. George served in the Army's Battery "A" 191st Field Artillery Battalion. George arrived in France in December of 1944. He would soon be a participant in the Battle of the Bulge. He left Europe for home in June 1946.
George married Gladys Overbeek on May 7, 1948. He worked for Roamer Boats before starting his own company, Zeeland Industries.