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Catalog Number
2019.30.128
Description
Black and white photograph showing the National Guardsmen from Company D (renamed Company B in 1963).  The photo shows two men at or near a desk. One is standing and looking at a note pad. The other man is seated at a machine. Hand written on the back is "Lt. Japinga".
History
Colonel Henry Geerds was the driving force behind bringing a National Guard unit to Holland, MI. After his experience in WWI he was determined to have someplace where he could properly train young men to become soldiers. Geerds' Company D, a machine gun battery, began enlisting young men in 1921.
Geerds then began making plans to have an Armory built in Holland. The Holland Armory was dedicated in 1925.
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