Interview with Raymond Bruinsma (1)

It is June 21, 2008, and I am at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bruinsma in South Holland, Illinois. MHH:  Mr. Bruinsma, where and when were you born? RB:  I was born in Highland, Indiana, October 10, 1924. MHH:  And who were your parents? RB:  My parents were Louis and Anna Bruinsma. MHH:  Were they born in this country? RB:  My father was born in this country and my mother was born in the Netherlands and came over here at the age of eight years old.  My father’s parents were born...