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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Operation Desert Storm Daniel Donnelly Total Time – (18:36) Background     Before serving in the military, he was in high school (00:21) He enlisted into the Navy He chose to be in the Navy o He enlisted with...
Donnelly, Daniel (Interview outline), 2011

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Jack Floyd (129:15) Born in St Charles, MI July 2nd 1922 Pre Military Had to walk two miles to school in Lake Orion MI Family moved to Pontiac for only a year, then back to Lake Orion, Detroit area.
Floyd, Jack (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Description: Chester Novak is a WW II and Korean War veteran who served in the United States Air Force from February 1944 to 1952 in the Aleutian Islands and Korea respectively. In this interview, Novak talks about growing up on a farm and joining the Army at 15 years old.
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  • Text: ...Interview Notes Length: 30:35 Chester Joe Novak WWII and Korean War veteran United States Air Force; February 1944 – 1952 Pacific – Aleutian Islands; Korea (0:00) Before grade school • Born in Bay County, MI in 1927 • Dad was a farmer • Mom worked on the farm too • 1 brother, no...
Novak, Chester Joe (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Bob Mueller (00:41:41) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • • • Bob was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 8, 1921 His father worked as a chemist and was also a very good pianist Bob went to high school in Chicago and...
Mueller, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee Name: John Mulder Length of Interview (00:26:30) Pre-Enlistment  Born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, MI(0:03)  Grew up in Montana during the Depression (0:30)  16 years old when World War II b...
Mulder, John (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview William Phillips Length: 57:45 (00:15) Background Information     William was born in Flint, Michigan and graduated from high school in 1936 His father was an insurance agent and able to keep his job during the De...
Phillips, William (Interview outline and video), 2009

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Laws, Gregory (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project George Anderson (00:25:37) Background • George Anderson • Born February 5, 1931 • Coopersville, Michigan (00:09) • He enlisted into the navy (00:29) • Grew up on Garfield Street not to far from where he lives now (00:44) • W...
Anderson, George (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...Interview Notes Length (51:23) Donald Vogel Vietnam War Veteran United States Navy (00:20) Pre Enlistment. • Graduated from High School 1966 • Joined Naval Reserve right out of high school. (01:57) • Sent to San Francisco • When in San Francisco, assigned to Assault Craft Division 1...
Vogel, Donald (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Flate Staples Length: 33:43 (00:15) Background Information      Flate was born on September 4, 1924 in Mississippi and moved to Michigan in 1931 His mother worked as a seamstress and had found a better job in M...
Staples, Flate (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Eugene Shoemaker Length: 37:31 (00:25) Background Information     Eugene was born in Byron Center, Michigan in 1927, where he grew up and went to high school He had 4 sisters, his father drove trucks and mother wo...
Shoemaker, Eugene (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project Vietnam Sam Rawlinson Total Time (00:46:43) Introduction (00:00:22)  Sam Rawlinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948; he grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina (00:00:50)  He graduated from high school in 1967; ...
Rawlinson, Samuel (Interview outline and video), 2014