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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Jerry McFarland Name of War: Vietnam War Length of Interview: (00:40:57) (00:30) Background Information      Jerry was born march 24, 1933 and enlisted in the Navy in 1950 He had envied hi...
Mc Farland, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...Trierweiler met a woman overseas who was defending Hitler; slapped her (27:28) Remembers a fellow student who was a veteran; had a dream that he was still in combat (28:50) Mentioned her husband and a comrade getting lost at midnight and accidentally wandering in the German area o Example o...
Trierweiler, Nina (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Greg Glazier (41:12) (00:10) Background Information • Greg was born on April 8, 1967 • He enlisted in the Army in 1985 when he was 18 years old • Greg went to high school in Lansing and has 2 sisters and a brother • He...
Glazier, Gregory (Interview transcript and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II War Interviewee name: James Burke, Sr. Length of Interview: (00:34:26) (00:20) Background Information        James was born in Pennsylvania on April 29, 1918 His father was a car...
Burke, James Sr. (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ... 7 theme song for their ship • There was a rat guard on the ship to keep all the rats away (17:10) Post Viet Nam • Veterans did not get any respect back in America, especially from all the protesters • It would have been better to join the Air Force because they provide more a...
Coan, William (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Walter De Leeuw (36:33) (00:01) Background Information • • • • • • • • • • • • Walter was born in southern Netherlands in 1934 He was 5 years old when the Germans came into his town The Germans took over the sch...
de Leeuw, Walter (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: He is still in contact with them in 2011. (11:45) He has respect for service members serving. (12:28) Patrick is not a member of any veteran’s organizations. (12:58)
Frederick, Patrick (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: George Meyers Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:23:02) (00:15) Background Information  George was born in Coloma, Michigan on August 6, 1926  George spent his younger years on his...
Meyers, George O. (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...GVSU Veteran’s History Project World War II Marcia Rood Interview Total Time: 13:35               (00:20) Her brother served in the Navy during WWII (00:51) Nearly 6 years old when her brother went into the service; it was 1944 when her bro...
Rood, Marcia (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Description: ...William VanderWoude is a Vietnam Era veteran, who served in the U.S. Army from November, 1971 to August, 1973. In this account, VanderWoude discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training. VanderWoude briefly describes what his active duty experience was like as a nuclear missil...
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee’s Name: William VanderWoude Length of Interview: 10 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:11)  Childhood (00:12) o VanderWoude was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 11, 1948. (00:23)  E...
VanderWoude, William (Interview outline and video), 2009

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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

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  • Description: ... Orleans, Newport, Grand Rapids, the Azores and aboard on the destroyer escort Nickelson. Jan remains active with the local veterans organizations such as the American Legion, Amvets and Waves National. She has attained the positions of commander and judge advocate for the American Legion...
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  • Text: ...about going out to sea because she gets seasick (44:46:00) Luckily, the ship stayed tied to the pier during her time there. Veterans Organizations (45:40:18)      Jan was first involved with the Furniture City Post of the American Legion, which is a sea service only post on...
Roy, Janice (Interview outline and video), 2013