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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Richard Swanson Length: 1:00:42 (00:15) Background Information       Richard was born in Lucas County, Iowa on January 1, 1930 and grew up on a farm His father was a preacher and they later moved to a larger...
Swanson, Richard (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Jake Werner Length: 1:14:36 (00:55) Background Information     Jake was born on November 29, 1917 in Grand Rapids, Michigan He went to Union High School and junior college in Grand Rapids After going to college Ja...
Werner, Jacob (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...GrandValleyStateUniversity Veterans History Project World War II John Wessels (1:03:17) Background Information (00:25)        He was born in Grand RapidsMichigan, in 1924. (00:31) John worked a paper route on the Northeast and Southeast Sides of Grand Rapids. (00:50) H...
Wessels, John (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Jacob Westra Length: 1:25:23 (00:20) Civilian Conservation Corps  Jacob was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on November 18, 1918  He grew up during the Great Depression and it was very difficult for him to fi...
Westra, Jacob (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...e artillery for those troops invading the island (33:40) Had quite a few ships there (34:10) Australians were pretty gung-ho veterans (35:00) Stayed there several weeks, but never went ashore (35:10) War ended on his way back to the Philippines (35:30) Spent a week in Tokyo after the war, a...
Winchester, Forrest (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ray Zeeff (35:190 Background Information (00:05)         Born in 1916 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (00:07) He grew up in Grand Rapids. (00:22) His father was a local truck driver. (00:30) He attended school throug...
Zeeff, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2011

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: Myrtle Zietlow Length of Interview: 28 minutes Mrs. Zietlow’s Story (00:18)  Childhood (00:35) o  Myrtle Zietlow spent much of her grew up and went to school in Woodstock, Il...
Zietlow, Myrtle (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Philip Shook Length of Interview: 00:24:51 Background:      He was born in Caledonia, Michigan.
Shook, Philip (Interview outline and video), 2010

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Dick Unger Korean War Era 30 minutes 25 seconds (00:00:11) Early Life -Born in Polo, Illinois in 1931. -The youngest of four boys. -Enlisted November 1st 1951.
Unger, Harold Richard (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project William Vander Wall (1:39:36) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • William was born in Spring Lake, Michigan in 1922 He grew up during the depression and his family was very poor William went to high school in Grand Haven...
Vander Wall, William (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Korean War Floyd (Bud) Hall Length of Interview (43:56) (1:10) Early Life   Floyd’s father was in the heating business. o After working with his father for several years, Floyd went into the wholesale milk business...
Hall, Floyd (Interview outline), 2015

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Schowers, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008