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Catalog Number
2011.25.1.1
Description
Black and white photograph of the National Guardsmen from Company D (renamed Company B in 1963).  The photo shows four men gathered in a group. Handwritten on the back is "1964". 
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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