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  • Description: Valeria Dellinger was a veteran of WWII in the United States Army in 1945 and 1946. She served in Los Alamos, New Mexico as a switchboard operator for the military at the time of the development of the atomic bomb.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State Veterans History Project Valeria Dellinger WWII Veteran United States Army (42:03) (00:23)Detroit Michigan  Valeria was born April 4 1925 at her grandmothers home in Detroit  Valeria’s father worked for Ford Motor Company and her mother was a stay at home...
Dellinger, Valeria (Interview outline and video), 2006

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Spud Ensing Length of interview (50:23) (0:08) Background Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on December 31, 1926(0:35) Lived in Grand Rapids until 8th grade then moved to Cedar Springs (0:41) Father worked as a furna...
Ensing, Eugene "Spud" (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Henry Bledsoe Length of interview (0:32:46) Background: (0:00:15)  Born 1951, in Illinois, in a farming community  Father was a sharecropper (0:11:00)  Achieved a high school diploma, along with some colle...
Bledsoe, Henry (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Chet Teater (00:28:21) (00:15) Background Information • Chet was born on February 25, 1946 • He fought in Vietnam and was a Army Specialist 4 with the tank service • Chet was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan and grew up in Caledoni...
Teater, Chet (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...GVSU Veteran’s History Project Cold War Era Debra Kridler Total Time: (40:49)                   (00:48) Has a brother who served in the Gulf War; said they didn’t talk about it a lot (1:34) She said her family seemed more concern...
Kridler, Debra (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Ronald Sabin, Jr. Length: 23:25 (00:30) Background Information      Ronald was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and has lived there his entire life He went to Kentwood high school and graduated in 1980 Ronald’s...
Sabin, Ronald Jr. (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 23:38 George Schuster WWII Veteran United State Navy; 1941 to 1945/46 Introduction (0:17) • Was born in St. Claire Shores.
Schuster, George (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Richard Keberle (28:44) (00:04) Background Information • When Richard was younger he broke a lot of his toys • His family did not have much money during the Depression • He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in November of 1931...
Keberle, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Homer Berry Length of Interview: (00:13:59) (00:40) Pre-Enlistment  Background o Homer was born in Flint, Michigan on February 13, 1925. o He joined the service [Navy] because his...
Berry, Homer C. (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Air Force, Korean War Darwin Cutler Length of Interview (00:10:30) Background Born in St. Louis, Missouri Father was a CPA and a farmer; mother was a school teacher His older brother was also a school teacher and farmer Had family th...
Cutler, Darwin (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Thomas McIntire Name of War: Vietnam War Era Interview Length (00:12:15) Pre-Enlistment    Graduated from high school, but the draft was still in effect (1:00) Figured that enlisting would be easier than ...
McIntyre, Thomas V. (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Bob Veenstra World War II Total Time: 43:00 Pre-War (00:05) • • • • • • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1914. Went to a small public school.
Veenstra, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004