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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: ...Interview Notes Interview Length (16:00) Jay Shook World War II Veteran Korean War Veteran US Navy Pre-Enlistment Lived in Caledonia when he signed up for the Navy (0:35) Signed up for travel and adventure (0:47) Training Was trained at Great Lakes, Illinois (0:55) Was there for ...
![Shook, Jay (Interview outline and video), 2005 Shook, Jay (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6d3a0d3a951432d28b1c7f477c058ac3.jpg)
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- Description: Robert Vander Laan is a Korean War era veteran who served in the 7th Army 966 Field Engineering Battalion. He was sent to Germany during his time in the service, and was never involved in any active combat. However, he witnessed the aftermath of WW II during his travels throughout Europe.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert N. Vander Laan (30:00) Introduction (00:03) Childhood and Family (00:40) • • • • • • • • • • Born in East Grand Rapids, MI on April 14, 1933.
![Vander Laan, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007 Vander Laan, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ea1f9826bff83c5ecffac53bad4c0ce3.jpg)
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- Description: Arthur Louis Smith is a WW II and Korean War veteran who served in the United States Army and the National Guard. Smith served in WW II from 1942 until 1945 in the Pacific Theatre and served his time for Korea at Valdosta Base, Georgia.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 1:11: 25 Arthur Louis Smith WWII Veteran; Korean War Veteran United States Army; National Guard; 1942 to 1956 (when left the Reserve) (0:00) Early years • Born in Sioux St.
![Smith, Arthur Louis (Interview outline and video), 2007 Smith, Arthur Louis (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/04d88fce362fa355c99f6f13ab79ad2e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Eldon Hunsberger (00:39:20) (00:20) Background Information • • • • • Eldon was born on a farm in Plainfield, MI He went to college from 1940 to 1941 Eldon had attempted to join the Army Air Corps, but was not accepted because...
![Hunsberger, Eldon (Interview outline and video), 2008 Hunsberger, Eldon (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d02f8bd781487c49eceea0580b21554e.jpg)
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- Text: His wife passed on some time ago. • (37:22) He lived on his own, until coming to the Veteran’s Home. He has lived there for three years, and likes it. • (38:31) He has two grandchildren, and one grandson. He is estranged from his son.
![Melonas, Greg (Interview outline and video), 2008 Melonas, Greg (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/01f8227de044af221e52123e72863b4f.jpg)
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- Description: Chester Novak is a WW II and Korean War veteran who served in the United States Air Force from February 1944 to 1952 in the Aleutian Islands and Korea respectively. In this interview, Novak talks about growing up on a farm and joining the Army at 15 years old.
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- Text: ...Interview Notes Length: 30:35 Chester Joe Novak WWII and Korean War veteran United States Air Force; February 1944 – 1952 Pacific – Aleutian Islands; Korea (0:00) Before grade school • Born in Bay County, MI in 1927 • Dad was a farmer • Mom worked on the farm too • 1 brother, no...
![Novak, Chester Joe (Interview outline and video), 2007 Novak, Chester Joe (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7a240b1f705acf85a2ea260aba78d8db.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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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project (51:31) Johnnie Myles Background information (00:16) Born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1929. (00:18) Part of his family lived in Mississippi and part of it lived in Louisiana (00:54) His f...
![Myles, Johnnie (Interview outline and video), 2011 Myles, Johnnie (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fe0140230aa66de31b063c10e6895d0c.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II, Korean War, Lebanese Conflict, Vietnam War William Schrader Length of interview: (01:58:00) Background Information: (00:00:33) Born in Alpena, Michigan, on October 19, 1929 Moved to Chelsea, Michigan wher...
![Schrader, William (Interview outline and video), 2010 Schrader, William (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6280f583b738fae1230bb313ff130d2d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project William Gerber World War II 1 hour 20 minutes 22 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Born on June 26, 1921 in Menominee, Michigan -Had three brothers (two were twins and one was a single brother) -Grew up on a farm near Menominee -Attende...
![Gerber, William (Interview outline and video), 2014 Gerber, William (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e6bc8cbace97538f9790e8dd249d8492.jpg)
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- Description: ...Morris Vander Veen is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Marines from 1944 to 1946. In this account he discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S. and the Pacific. Serving his active duty in the Pacific Theater, Vander Veen gives one a brief but detailed per...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: Morris Vander Veen Length of Interview: 1hr 3mins. Pre-Enlistment (00:03) Childhood (00:12) o Vander Veen was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 20th, 1926. (00:17) Education...
![Vander Veen, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2005 Vander Veen, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9dc89530fe67ff978bdfd16c384ec71f.jpg)