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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Powers Disc One (01:11:21) (00:15) Background Information • Robert was born in Greenville, Michigan on January 25, 1924 • After graduating high school, Robert went to Albion College in 1941 • After Pearl Harbor was attacked...
Powers, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Douglas Puffer Vietnam War 39 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:25) Early Life -Born on October 12, 1948 in Iowa City, Iowa -Grew up on a farm near Mechanicsville, Iowa -Father was a second generation farmer -Owned 320 acres of farmland -Att...
Puffer, Douglas (Interview outline and video), 2013

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ray Richardson (1:40:43) Background Information (00:59)                  Born November 13th 1920 in Winterfield Township, Michigan. (1:00) Served in the U.S.
Richardson, Ray (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Iraq War Justin Marshall Interview Length: (00:26:11:00) Life before the Army (00:00:09:00)  Before joining the military, Marshall was in his last semester of college (00:00:15:00) o He figured this would be the best time for him ...
Marshall, Justin (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam War Interviewee name: Alfred Martin Branch of Service: Army Length of interview (00:35:05) (0:00:06) Pre-enlistment  Born in 1948, born and raised in western Pennsylvania (0:00:12)  Grew up in a fami...
Martin, Alfred (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Richard Astrauckas (00:52:22) Pre-Enlistment (00:15) • Childhood (00:25) • • •Astrauckas was born in Manchester, CT on August 12th 1925. (00:30 Family (00:41) • Astrauckas’ father was a laborer for a mill while his mother ...
Astrauckas, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee: Henry Vandermeer Length of Interview: 00:40:27 Background        Born in Holland in the province of Friesland, in a small town just north of the capital of Leeuward...
Vandermeer, Henry (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War Gene Welch Interview Total Time: 57:54 Background  (00:12) Born in June of 1942 on a small farm in Pennsylvania o Grew up here o Midland, Pennsylvania o His father was a welder, mother was a housewife but also did farm...
Welch, Eugene (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Williams (1:14:13) (00:25) South Bend, Indiana • Born May 22 1917 • Robert was an only child • Graduated in 1935 from South Bend Central High School • Worked for the Northern Indiana Public Service Company after graduatio...
Williams, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War(s): World War II, Korean War Name of Interviewee: Darrell Thornley Length of Interview: (01:09:41) (00:12) Background Information Born in [Cato, OK] on February 21, 1925 (00:13) Father owned an ice plant, a truckin...
Thornley, Darrell (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Charles Tipton Vietnam War 41 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:23) Early Life -Born in Baskin, Florida on March 10, 1947 -Parents were farmers -Grew corn, peanuts, tobacco -Engaged in sharecropping -Raised horses, cows, goats, and mules -Ha...
Tipton, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2013

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Willard Bosserman Length of Interview (00:49:50) Background Born on a farm in New Haven Township, Michigan; 1924 Father was a farmer who graduated from 8th grade; went up to a Ferris (Teacher’s Institute) which certifi...
Bosserman, Willard (Interview outline and video), 2010