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- Text: and asked him to build a theater • The theater took 4 months to build and then Kenneth was rewarded with a week of R & R in Japan (15:30) Living in Korea • Kenneth was made corporal when he got back from Japan and continued working on new buildings • He
![Ball, Kenneth (Interview outline and video), 2008 Ball, Kenneth (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b20af89654a26c51e35e652608ef7a6a.jpg)
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- Description: Ken Maatman was an Officer in the Army Signal Corps during World War II. He supervised the installation and maintenance of communications lines in the China/Burma/India theater, particularly along the Burma Road in the last two years of the war
- Text: of 1st Lt Kenneth B. Maatman for service with (he United States Army Pacific Theater, World War II and U.S. Army Reserves Bronze Star Medal Service: All Services Instituted: 1944 .' Criteria: Awarded for heroicor meritorious achievement or service
![Maatman, Kenneth (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2004 Maatman, Kenneth (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ed69e28efa630a4942bc30434adbfbbe.jpg)
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- Text: was attacked • He got married in 1940; they had a Polish wedding that lasted for 3 days • They lived with his wife’s parents for 6 months while he was looking for a job • They liked to watch silent movies in theaters; Charlie Chaplin was everyone’s favorite
![Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007 Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d9bb3b487e9b7eb5aebaff9484cb9f98.jpg)
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- Text: and sometimes they would be destroyed by enemy ships (00:14:52) • Still some enemy (German) ships out in the Caribbean; 1944 and early 1955 (00:15:05) Off Duty (00:15:33) Would often swim in the ocean, attend theaters (Truman’s White House, name of theater
![Buskers, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2009 Buskers, Maurice (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/124384bc8fda0dccc8e8f13eb1ccab05.jpg)
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- Text: • Alfred has 3 children and 6 grandchildren • He met his wife at a dance at the YWCA and was married in 1948 (27:00) Awards • Alfred has received the following awards: Asiatic Pacific Theater Medal, 2 Bronze Metal Stars, American Theater Ribbon, Philippine
![Roth, Alfred E. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Roth, Alfred E. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c63760dccddd53c92139175a068b1c4c.jpg)
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- Text: in Detroit • Describes Great Lakes Naval Station o What it looked like o Basic training (10 weeks long) o Required courses (6 weeks of classroom work) (05:25) Shipped to San Francisco • Placed on an oilier named Kaskaskia (06:50) Pacific Theater in 1945 (08
![Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Monroe, Wayne S. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c9780f149bdf08b8b64a41f2cc06504f.jpg)
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- Description: he wound up being stationed to the battleship New Jersey as a dispersing officer where he would be the youngest officer on the ship at age 19. After a few years on a few different ships, Paul would arrive to the Eastern theater during the Korean
- Text: :22) In 1948 after the USS Power, Paul was asked where he would like to go next and told them he wanted to be stationed at a shipyard in Boston (00:28:49) Korean War & Beyond (00:31:06) Paul arrived to the Eastern theater during the Korean War
![Allen, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2014 Allen, Paul (Interview outline and video), 2014](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fb5e87df9b52898e847d4edada76b704.jpg)
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- Text: , for 6 weeks of basic training (approx. early 1945) (13:20) He was then sent to Fort Meade, Maryland, to be sent to the European Theater(13:55) Basic training for Infantry (14:00) Was a lot different than Air Corps basic training (14:05) No choice
![Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011 Van Oss, Julius (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e667ee51b081a1b35dfe132634e9e3e6.jpg)
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- Description: to the European Theater. He was stationed in Marseille, France for a while then in early 1945 he moved to Caserta, Italy then in early spring 1945 moved to Florence, Italy where he worked in a dental clinic. In mid-April 1945 the Spring 1945 Offensive in Italy
- Text: -In fall 1944 a massive number of troops got deployed (00:24:30) Deployment to the European Theater -Received orders to go to the European Theater -Went to Camp Reynolds, Pennsylvania to receive some training and gather supplies -Went on an infiltration
![Benjamin, Edward Claire (Interview outline and audio), 2013 Benjamin, Edward Claire (Interview outline and audio), 2013](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-audio.png)
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- Text: • Simulated war • Weather was hot and rainy – similar to weather in Pacific Theater • Stayed from May 1941 until early-1942 o Was sent to Massachusetts • October 1941 – largest US army operation until that point o Was captured, and was a POW for a few days
![Devries, Milton H. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Devries, Milton H. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/023b2b2b57553b4fa412e0b6e07ac5d8.jpg)
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- Description: Lawrence M. Gary is a WW II Veteran who served in the United States Army in both the European and Pacific Theaters. He was assigned to F Co 341st Infantry Regiment (86th "Blackhawk" Div.), spending the majority of his military service time
![Gary, Lawrence M. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Gary, Lawrence M. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/61a92d967ef25ef6f65c0c7637fb4e65.jpg)