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  • Description: After his time in the service, Joseph worked with for an oil refinery and as attended a few veterans' reunions.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Joseph Boball (1:04:05) (00:25) Background Information • Joseph was born in 1912 • He went to through military training to be a heavy equipment officer • While in Okinawa Joseph had to visit the hospital because he was h...
Boball, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Eddie MacDonald Length: 35:11 (00:25) Background Information • • • • Eddie was born on a farm in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1936 His father worked for GM and spent time working on their small fruit and dairy farm He we...
MacDonald, Eddie (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Claude Dies Vietnam War Total Time: 31:48 (split into two parts) Pre-War (00:38) • • • Born in 1945. (15:05) Was in a family of 12. Was drafted at 20, and joined the Marines.
Dies, Claude (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project George Ulrich (7:58) Basic training (00:12) • • • • George attended Basic training in Alabama. Here he learned how to fire weapons, including rifles and machine guns. (00:12) The men frequently marched at night. (00:40) George ...
Ulrich, George (Interview outline), 2012

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  • Text: ...is emphysema was acting up. (34:40) Robert took himself to the hospital and treated. (35:19) He was recommended to go to the Veterans Home in 2010 by his daughter. He was not opposed to the idea. Since he has gone there, he believes that it has made things much easier. (37:30) Robert works ...
Livo, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: The military isn’t for everyone. (20:40)  Scott considered going back into the military. (22:45)  Scott does some work for the VFW but he is not an official member of any veterans' organizations. (24:03)
Pellerito, Scott (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: John Tibbe Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:55:52) (00:10) Background Information • John was born in Grant, Michigan on March 10, 1921 • His father was a farmer and able to keep hi...
Tibbe, John (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Clarence Hunter Total Time – (10:01) Background                He was born in London, Arkansas on September 1, 1935 (00:17) He served in the Army and the Navy (00...
Hunter, Clarence (Interview outline), 2012

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Cold War Era Michael Eames Total Time – (07:15) Background    He was born in Buffalo, New York – May 14, 1959 (01:31) His grandfather was born in Ireland o He traveled to New York City where he became a policema...
Eames, Michael (Interview outline), 2012

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  • Text: (34:14) Post Service Life • Was discharged from Camp Lejeune. • Came home to Lansing. • Worked at a garage. • Did not tell anyone that he was a Vietnam veteran. • Met his first wife in 1967. • Had two daughters. • Worked at Oldsmobile for 7 years, then drove truck.
Clark, Donald L. (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Daniel Conover (01:13:30) Introduction (00:28) • Father was in the army, grew up all over the place. Enlistment (00:55) • Conover enlisted in the Marine Corps out of high school knowing that he wasn’t ready for college.
Conover, Daniel (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charles Pope Length: 33:06 (00:30) Background Information     Charles was born on October 15, 1956 in the upper peninsula of Michigan He had a good childhood and often went hunting and built things with his father...
Pope, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2008