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- Description: ... with domestic abuse programs, drug abuse programs, and psychological trauma programs. After her service she helped a fellow veteran, Dr. Edward Byrd, with the creation of a memorial for her fiance, Dennis Lobbezoo, who was killed in Vietnam in June 1968....
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- Text: ...ro (00:41:32) Reflections on Service -Had wonderful experiences -Made a lot of friends -Didn't really realize she was a veteran until after she was out of the Navy -People thank her husband for his service -In return he makes sure people know Joyce is a veteran too so they can...
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- Text: ...supportive family, very understanding Still a pilot today A large appreciation for his work (00:17:45) Still gets sad during Veterans Day, lost quite a few friends in crashes Appreciates men and women going into the service today SAC front lines during the Cold War; had some friends that fl...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Other veterans & civilians Name of Interviewee: Ron Lyon Length of interview (01:02:26) (0:00:10) Background Born in Flint, MI on November 14, 1941, three weeks before Pearl Harbor. (0:00:26) Grew up ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview War on Terror--USS Cole James Croft Length of interview (26:46) (0:25) Background Born in Gainesville, Florida on November 29, 1977 (0:27) Graduated from high school in 1996 played sports and was in band (0:35) Decided he want...
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- Description: ...Allan Owens is a Cold War era veteran born in Detroit, Michigan in 1940. He attended Marquette University for a time and enlisted in the Air Force in 1961. He took basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, tech school at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado and he was deployed to ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Allan Owens Cold War 39 minutes 23 seconds (00:00:33) Early Life -Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1940 -Grew up in the Dearborn area outside of Detroit -Moved to Belleville, Michigan before high school -Attended Monroe Catholic Central ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Che Nguyen (43:42) Introduction (00:20) Che was born in the capital city of Hanoi in Vietnam in 1940. Growing up his family worked as farmers.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Robert Vickers Cold War; Post-Cold War 28 minutes 11 seconds *Note: Times in outline coincide with timecode on interview (01:23:25) Early Life -Born in Lexington, Kentucky, on September 25, 1944 -Lived in Kentucky until his entry int...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Margaret Akines Note: Widow of Bill Akines (World War II veteran and survivor of the USS Indianapolis sinking.) 46 minutes 48 seconds (00:00:39) Margaret’s Early Life -Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on August 18, 1938 -Fath...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Gloria Jackson Total Time – (32:56) Background She was born on January 23, 1925 (00:31) Her parents were extremely nice o Her father worked at Wolverine Brass and her mother did not work ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Raymond Paul Opeka (01:23:54) (00:20) Background Information • Raymond was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1856 • His mother was an accountant and his father worked in a factory • When Ray was only 17 years old he got his mother’s pe...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Heather Majestic (40:51) Background Information (00:28) • Born May 11th 1971 in Pennsylvania. (00:29) • Served in the U.S. Navy. (00:34) • She had 2 sisters and both parents worked as teachers. (1:07) • Heather was a marching...