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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Edward Dailey (00:43:04) (00:17) Introduction: • Born in Hazel Park, Michigan in 1932. • He attended grade school in Rochester, Michigan. • Left school in the eighth grade to work for a cement contractor. • He had five brothers....
![Dailey, Edward (Interview outline and video), 2007 Dailey, Edward (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f7a35d6891ecece63c2fe05afe3c20aa.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Joseph Mitch (48:46) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • Joseph was born in Pennsylvania in 1919 His father was a coal miner and his mother stayed at home Joseph finished school through the third grade Aft...
![Mitch, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2007 Mitch, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ca09c852ea75abc87d53c685085ffd83.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Robert Richmond Length: 39:55 (00:15) Background Information Robert was born in Shelburne, Indiana in 1924 His father was a coal miner and later became a farmer Robert helped his father wo...
![Richmond, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007 Richmond, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/19966e0d748f0271e3182e7d17eb8318.jpg)
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- Description: Paul Penno was a World War II veteran who served in the Army as a medical aid from 1942 to December 1945. In this account, Penno discusses his pre-enlistment and his enlistment and training years in the U.S.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Paul Penno Length of Interview: 51 minutes 59 seconds Pre-Enlistment (00:37) Childhood (00:40) o Penno was born in Watkins County, Montana on July 19, 1918. (00:54) o Originally...
![Penno, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2007 Penno, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/026f25b085b154332521139f2a9d12df.jpg)
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- Text: ... at the end of 1943. (00:10:46)Assigned to the 39th Regiment during his time in England. Some of the men in the company were veterans of campaigns in North Africa and Sicily. (00:13:20) Spent some time helping to clean up London after the blitz. (00:15:48) Shipped out from Southampton, Engl...
![Hennesen, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008 Hennesen, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cfebfecc45a575dbc9fa4e59e778e20c.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Carl Leo Fairfield Length of Interview: 36 minutes • Pre-Enlistment (00:27) o Childhood (00:56) Born on May 3rd, 1927 at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon, Michigan. (01:07) o Fam...
![Fairfield, Carl (Interview outline and video), 2006 Fairfield, Carl (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/04b66d686d84ce37ddfbbfb56e1aa69d.jpg)
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- Description: ...Arthur Polmanteer is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army's 78th Division from January, 1944 to 1946. In this account, Polmanteer discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training. His unit saw action in the Hurtgen Forest, in the Battle of the Bulge, at the Rem...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: Arthur Polmanteer Length of Interview: 28 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:11) Childhood (00:15) o Family (00:41) o Polmanteer was born in Trout Lake, Upper Michigan on March...
![Polmanteer, Arthur (Interview outline and video), 2009 Polmanteer, Arthur (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9a1ad86fcb75254c192aa4b0cc0605c5.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Richard Hines World War II Total Time: 0:56:30 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:16) • • • • Born in Bradley, Michigan on October 2, 1922.
![Hines, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008 Hines, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2d40063d897abb85ce9137e3dd240180.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Leo Homrich World War II Total Time: 1:02:00 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:12) • • • • Born in Wyoming, MI in January, 1925 Wanted to join the army at 17, but his father would not let him.
![Homrich, Leo (Interview outline and video), 2009 Homrich, Leo (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/37da505303bdf2473f2ee1ea702a926c.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Derk Doornbos World War II Total Time: 1:45:05 Pre-War (0:00:20) • • • • • Born in 1920 in Stannen, Netherlands. Moved to Chicago, Illinois when he was 6 months old.
![Doornbos, Derk (Interview outline and video), 2008 Doornbos, Derk (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ec4f9dca451aabc66c0502d7a3f6489d.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Rex Funnell World War II Total Time: 54:00 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:01) • • • • • • • Born in Whitehall, Michigan in 1916 Father was a barber.
![Funnell, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2009 Funnell, Rex (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/47068c2b7dad0e9bcdabc9ac739018b0.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Calvin Owen (50:25) (00:20) Pre-service Born Columbus OH went to HS in Granville OH DePaul University, took French classes Trans OH ST took ROTC summer '41 deferment until '43 Involved in construction of Fort Custer ...
![Owen, Calvin (Interview outline and video), 2007 Owen, Calvin (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b0c44551cad0ecd0c0cc8b51d76bd11d.jpg)