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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

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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

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Snowdeal, Lloyd (Interview outline and video), 2008

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Schowers, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008

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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

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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

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Cornelius “Casey” DeJonge (00:46:06) (00:17) Background Information • Born in the Netherlands • Family (of 6 at the time) came to Grand Rapids, MI in 1929 when he was 9 years old • The move was sponsored by family they had in ...
De Jonge, Cornelius (Interview outline and video), 2008

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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