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• Description: Kolleen Crane is the widow of WW II veteran Richard Crane. In the interview she tells of being a telephone operator when Pearl Harbor was attacked. She met her husband at Midland (TX) Air Force base, where he served as a B-24 crew chief, responsible for maintaining the air craft.
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• Text: ...ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW KOLLEEN CRANE Born: Midland, Texas Resides: Interviewed by: James Smither PhD, GVSU Veterans History Project Transcribed by: Claire Herhold, February 2, 2013 Interviewer: 00:58 Basically, what I’d like to do here will be to just start out and I’ll ask you kind of ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Era David Cheeseman Length of interview (0:01:31 – 1:25:31) *Interview begins at 0:01:33 on screen (0:1:33- 0:03:40) Background         Born in June 1946 and raised in Wixom, Michigan Wixom w...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Operation Iraqi Freedom Dennis Falcon (1:18:23) Introduction – Pre-Enlistment (00:30)         Dennis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 19, 1981 He moved around and lived in Phoenix for the ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview National Guard Jim Flowers – Part 1 Total Time (01:40:56) Introduction / Basic Training (00:00:08)  Jim Flowers was born in Muskegon, Michigan in 1963 (00:00:30) ◦ After graduating from high school, Jim entered the...

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• Description: John Frens is a World War II veteran who served out of the 792nd Bomb Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps from December, 1942 to 1945, and remained in the reserves until 1958. He served in the Army Air Corps as a B-29 navigator.
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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: John Frens Length of Interview: 1hour 23mins. Pre-Enlistment (00:05)  Childhood and Education (00:10) o Frens was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 12, 1923. (00:13) o Attende...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Noel Miller Vietnam War 1 hour 33 minutes 44 seconds (00:00:08) Early Life -Born in Lima, Ohio on March 23, 1949 -Mother and father owned a family farm in Harrod, Ohio -Brought up on that farm until he was five years old -Moved to Fi...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jay Lindquist Cold War/Vietnam War 1 hour 29 minutes 3 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born in Chicago on November 15, 1934 -His father was Harold Lindquist and his mother was Mildred Lindquist -Went to school in Chicago -Except ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Jim VanderMoere Length of interview (1:01:52) (:10) Background/Drafted • (:10) He was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and went to high school there. • (:26) He turned eighteen in January of 1943...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Hung Q Vu Total Time – (01:03:08) Background/Family Moves/Working on the American Military Base             He was born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam in 1952 (00:24) His father...

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• Text: ...on’t want it to be too public -He doesn’t believe a movie will be made until everyone involved in it has died (01:19:05) Veteran Group Involvement and Memorial Involvement -It is an education for him to meet with people at the survivor reunions -Gets to hear different stories, both from...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project World War II, 1943-1946 John DeBoer Length: 57 Minutes Pre-War Born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1924, and graduated from East Side High school (0:39) His father worked on a bread truck and sometimes as an electrician, while his mother wo...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ron Hudson Vietnam War Time: 1:50:42 (00:00:21) Early Life -Born in Three Rivers, Michigan on February 8, 1950 -Father was a commercial pilot -Had flown a bomber in WWII -Mother had grown up in Texas -Met Hudson’s father there duri...