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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Kendrick Coryell Vietnam War/Cold War Total Time: 1:07:29 Childhood and Pre-Service (0:00:00) • • • • • • • Born in Victoria, Kansas, but grew up on a farm in Blain County, Oklahoma.
Coryell, Kendrick (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Arch Crist (00:17:34) (00:44) Pre-enlistment: • Graduated high school in 1945 • Lived in River Falls, WI • When to River Falls State Teachers College; which is now part of Wisconsin University • After a year of school he decided...
Crist, Arch (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Douglas G. Dean (00:43:00) Introduction (00:28) Family and Friends (00:40) • • • Born in Detroit in 1946. His dad died when he was only twelve. Had no brothers or sisters.
Dean, Douglas G. (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Mark Doren World War II Total Time: 1:42:15 Pre-War (0:00:05) • • • • • • • Born in 1919 in Kent City, Michigan. Attended a small rural school.
Doren, Mark (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Afghanistan and Iraq Jeff DeLange Length of Interview (00:21:10) Background Born in Grand Rapids, MI; attended Caledonia High School Father worked at Steelcase and mother was a real estate agent; has two older sisters First family me...
DeLange, Jeff (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Robert Mulder Name of War: Korean War Length of Interview: (00:59:15) (00:40) Background Information        Robert was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan He went to Southwest Christian S...
Mulder, Robert P. (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project George Peterson Jr. (01:02:47) (00:25) Enlistment • • • • • George enlisted in the Navy when he was 17 years old He was sent to Newport, RI for training George made a good friend from Detroit while training and both of them d...
Peterson, George (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Francis Poll (01:12:37) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Francis was born in Manton, Michigan and lived on a farm He graduated from high school in 1938 and began looking for work, but there were not many jobs availabl...
Poll, Francis (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project World War II Vern Pouch (41:44) Background Information ()      Born March 4th 1927 in FruitportMichigan. (00:06) He served in the Navy reaching a rank of Ship’s Cook 1st Class. (00:11) Vern enlisted in the Navy in 1944 at...
Pouch, Vern (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Earl Lee (00:44:41) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Earl was born in New York, near Canada in 1925, so he grew up during the depression His dad was a mill-worker and they were very poor Earl was the oldest of four ch...
Lee, Earl (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert W. Lewis Korean War Total Time: (00:51:49) Pre-Enlistment (00:44)  He was drafted into the service at age 23.  He was working as a parking lot attendant when he was drafted, and he was not happy about it.
Lewis, Robert W. (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II James Lilley Length: 51:47 (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • James was born in Ferndale, Michigan in 1922 His mother was a housewife and his father was chief engineer for Pontiac Motors He ha...
Lilley, James (Interview outline and video), 2009