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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Theodore Grevers Cold War Total Time: 19:23 Pre-Enlistment and Service (00:09) Born in Chicago, IL in 1929. He was raised in The Netherlands before World War II, and his family was ...
![Grevers, Theodore (Interview outline and video), 2009 Grevers, Theodore (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d422f47adbff96e9d26836b2edbaab0d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Fredrick Robins (00:22:21) (00:15) Background Information • Fred was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1926, but moved four years later because his mother thought there was too much crime in the area • His father worked for a supply offi...
![Robins, Frederick (Interview outline and video), 2008 Robins, Frederick (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c258909e1a0454ef125f3f239048da5d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project James Jefferson (00:47:13) (00:15) Background Information • • • • James was born in Newark, NJ on July 13, 1924 James grew up in a community where Italians, Jews, and African Americans all got along He worked while in high scho...
![Jefferson, James (Interview outline and video), 2008 Jefferson, James (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/34987d470face9b58599784142077064.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Arthur Bleecher (50:34) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • • • • Arthur was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on January 23, 1926 He moved to New York City with his mom and sister and his mom started working at a d...
![Bleecher, Arthur (Interview outline and video), 2008 Bleecher, Arthur (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/caf6b3723c3c905b8b350bcaa471ee5d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project James Shannon (02:04:00) (00:05) Background Information • James was born in Galveston, TX in 1928 • His family owned a dairy farm • He graduated high school and went to college for electrical engineering • At night he wor...
![Shannon, James (Interview outline and video), 2008 Shannon, James (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/704b01ac9e06e892a86a21db6571cd74.jpg)
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- Description: Bob Marshall is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Merchant Marines from November, 1944 to mid-1947. In this account, Marshall discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment, and training in the U.S., and combat experience on the high seas in the Pacific.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Robert Marshall Length of Interview: 56 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:54) o Childhood (01:04) Marshall was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 17th, 1928. (01:06) o Family (01:11) A...
![Marshall, Robert A. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Marshall, Robert A. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3d8b573226f1f27f0b0c022fb132dd6e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Jack Robinson WWII Veteran United States Merchant Marine (58:58) (:15:00)Born in Newton Massachusetts 1924; Grew up in Boston Massachusetts Adirondacks, New York: Lake George • Started racing sailboats when he was 10 yrs old • Began co...
![Robinson, John (Jack) (Interview outline and video), 2007 Robinson, John (Jack) (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/19ff2d33656fc847383143bf390bedb2.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Richard Astrauckas (00:52:22) Pre-Enlistment (00:15) • Childhood (00:25) • • •Astrauckas was born in Manchester, CT on August 12th 1925. (00:30 Family (00:41) • Astrauckas’ father was a laborer for a mill while his mother ...
![Astrauckas, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008 Astrauckas, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9444c6ac3ff9a8548d2238a48a78bd80.jpg)
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- Text: ...Interview Notes (Length: 0:51:29) Raymond Frederick World War II Veteran: Pacific Theater United States Navy: 05/44 – 02/46 (00:00) Early Years: Born in Kansas during the height of “Oil Boom” Father was an oil field worker, came from a ranch in west Kansas near Greensb...
![Frederick, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2008 Frederick, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/af65dec0f2170b0580a9b4f3ab654045.jpg)