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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Air Force Academy Graduate Michael Zulauf Interview Length: (01:14:00:00) Early Life/ First Year at the Air Force Academy: (00:00:15:00) Born April 26th 1985, in Muskegon, Michigan.
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- Text: ...ally because there was so much RF in the air, . And, in fact, subsequently the Coast Guard has determined that LORAN station veterans have a higher incidence of cancer and were classified as atomic war veterans because of that. So if I come down with cancer—knock on wood—I woul...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Cold War Name of Interviewee: Daniel Horon Length of Interview: 00:56:10 Background: He lives in Sparta, MI.
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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 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: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Kurt Stauff Cold War; Peacetime; War on Terror Part 1 – 1 hour 6 minutes 49 seconds (00:00:27) Early Life & Family History -Born in November 1954 in Jackson, Michigan -Maternal grandfather served in the Navy during World War...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jim Corbett Cold War/Vietnam Era 1 hour 42 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:59) Early Life and Pre-Enlistment -Born in November 1938 in Big Rapids, Michigan -When WWII began the family moved to Detroit so their father could work -After...
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- Description: In the interview, she notes continuing problems with racism in Alabama and some of the problems that returning veterans from Vietnam brought with them.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam, Army Carolyn Greene Interviewed by Charlie Collins Length of Interview: 42:01 (00:15) CC (interviewer name unknown): Today we’re going to do your life history.
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- Description: However, joining the Fire Support Base Ripcord Association helped him return to his "happy-go-lucky" self. Now that America is past the era when veterans were called murderers and belittled in public, Carol Gilbert is proud to be a veterans’ wife.
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- Text: ...s are demanding people and to be proud that you are a vet. You don’t have to hide anymore. (41:01) Interviewer: You’re a veterans’ wife. Let me tell you, I have a shirt that says, “I’m a Veterans’ Wife” and I wear it quite a bit and I’m proud of it. Interviewer: Goo...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Vietnam War Luc Nguyen Interview Length: (00:57:26:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:18:00) Nguyen’s father originally lived in the northern part of Vietnam but following the August Revolution in 1955, he had to move to t...