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Muskegon's Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy forever celebrated with statue

WGVU News | By Patrick Center
Published November 12, 2018 at 6:18 PM EST
Clarence Zylman portrait
Muskegon Community College

West Michigan celebrates Veterans Day honoring the military men and women who served - and are currently serving - the country. 

Clarence Zylman statue adjacent to LST 393 in Grand Rapids, MI
Credit Muskegon Community College
Clarence Zylman statue adjacent to LST 393 in Muskegon, MI

One of those men was Muskegon's T-5 Corporal Clarence Zylman who served in the U.S. Army during WWII in Europe.

Saturday, November 10th his statue was unveiled in his hometown. If you're not familiar with Zylman he was the inspiration for the song "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B."

Artist Ari Norris with Clarence Zylman's great-nephew Jake Grevel
Credit Muskegon Community College
Artist Ari Norris with Clarence Zylman's great-nephew Jake Grevel

WGVU spoke with Kurt Troutman, Political Science and History professor at Muskegon Community College about Zylman's life and sculptor Ari Norris about the life-sized statue he created.
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Midday West Michigan ArtistWorld War IIVeterans DayClarence ZylmanBoogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company BU.S. ArmyKurt TroutmanPolitical Science and History professorAri Norrisstatuesculptor
Patrick Center
Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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