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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Curly Garner Length: 33:19 (00:11) Background Information and Training • • • • • Curly tried to enlist when he was 17 years old, but was rejected due to medical problems He went to work for a construction company Wh...
Garner, Curly (Interview outline and video), 2003

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  • Description: ... relation to his feelings about those who serve currently in the military, and we get some description of his involvement in veteran organizations. The interview ends with him showing some pictures of his howitzer, of a Chinook helicopter, and the shelters they constructed....
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 24:00 Jack Henry Flory Vietnam War Veteran United States Army: 1968 to 1970 4th Infantry Div. (00:49) Pre-enlistment: • He went to Michigan State University where he graduated and soon after was drafte...
Flory, Jack Henry (Interview outline and video),  2007

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  • Description: Phillip Stebbins Jr. is a United States Marine Corps veteran living in Michigan who served during peacetime as a demolitions expert and recruiter as well as during an evacuation of American diplomats from Albania in 1998 after a terror threat, and during unrest in Albania.
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  • Text: ...ous activity -Knowing your terrain -There is a recurrence of vigilance and nightmares (08:25)Post Service-Working with other Veterans -Good experience meeting with other veterans -Best friend died at thirty years old -Served in several combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan as a c...
Stebbins Jr, Phillip (Interview outline and video), 2013

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Daniel J. Morley Name of War: Other veterans & civilians Length of Interview: (00:16:00) Pre-West Point Born in 1968 in Youngstown, OH (0:06) Went to an all Catholic private school (0:20) We...
Morley, Daniel J. (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2007

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  • Description: He was in the Navy for 17 years during the Korean War and Vietnam. Gerald now resides in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Gerald Naughton (00:33:47) (00:20) Background Information • • • • Gerald was born in Chicago, IL on December 29, 1931 His mother left his father when he was five years old They moved to Battle Creek, MI and lived with his grand...
Naughton, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Rodney Van Dyck (00:23:08) (00:08) Background Information • • • • Rodney was born in Muskegon, MI on March 23, 1956 His father worked at GM They had 4 kids in the family and 8 horses His family moved a lot because his father’...
Van Dyck, Rodney (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Description: He retired from his job in 2005 and now spends most of his time at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Donald M. Kramer Name of War: Vietnam War 2 of 2 Interview Length Disc #3: (00:40:35) Interview Length Disc #4: (01:28:40) Disk 3 (00:40:25) (00:05:04) Vietnam The First Day in Vietnam  The plane landed at an air...
Kramer, Donald M. (Interview outline and video, 2 of 2), 2006

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Other veterans & civilians Interviewee name: Robert Brady Length of Interview: (00:16:28) Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Robert Brady Length of Interview (00:16:28)...
Brady, Robert Howes (Interviewer outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project Joyce Mrozik (30:09) (Note* time code begins at ) Background Information ()     Born in AdaMichigan, in 1935. (10:38) Her father worked for WPA (Works Progress Administration).
Mrozik, Joyce (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Phil Davis Vietnam War Total Time: 08:38 Active Duty (00:40) • • • • Was in I Corps sector, in Northern Vietnam. Was a pilot in the Air Force.
Davis, Phil (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: Post-War (14:53) • • Got a job and went back to work when he got back working at a factory in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Joined the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion when he got back.
Hyslop, George (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Don King Name of War: Other veterans and civilians/Persian Gulf War Length of Interview: (00:12:09) Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (00:05)  Born in Albion, NY in 1963 Graduated High School ...
King, Donald, Jr.  (Interview outline and video), 2009