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- Text: Veteran: Yes. Yes. Interviewer: Okay. And so, where did they send you for basic training? Veteran: Camp Livingston. Interviewer: Okay, and where is that? 6 Veteran: Louisiana.
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- Text: Veteran: For 6 weeks. Interviewer: So, what kind of training did you get in San Diego? Veteran: Well, we had to make sure we knew how to swim. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: We exercised.
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- Text: Veteran: Yeah, quite a bit north. Interviewer: Yeah. Veteran: That’s actually east of Brittany. Interviewer: Yes. Veteran: East of Rennes. 3 Interviewer: Yeah. Right. Okay.
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- Text: Veteran: That was on the radio. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: Yeah. Interviewer: Alright. And when you first heard the news, did you understand what that meant? Veteran: Not really.
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- Text: ...Alright. So, had you gone to college already before medical school? Veteran: Yeah. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: I had two and a half years of pre-med. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: You know? Interviewer: Alright. Veteran: And that’s what I used later on with the Na...
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- Description: He returned home from Vietnam in February 1971. Roger is currently involved in a Vietnam veterans’ group in Michigan.
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- Text: ...So…And when the time came, we…at least I had a friend, a classmate, that we were good friends. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: And we went through basic training at Fort Knox. Interviewer: Where did you report to first? Veteran: Paw Paw, Michigan. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran
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- Text: I mean, were they at Long Binh or one of the bases? Veteran: Yes. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: Yes. Correct. (00:22:14) Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: And it was there and then we would go out and we would go out to these firebases.
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- Text: And none with jungle warfare or anything else like this. Veteran: Well, I went to jungle warfare training school in Panama. Interviewer: Okay, so you did do those. Veteran: For two weeks. Interviewer: Okay. 30 Veteran: You know?
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- Text: Is that right? Or…? Veteran: Yeah. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: Yeah. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: Yeah, right exactly to the day. But the night before I was leaving, it was scary because there were a lot of rounds…That’s what I hear.
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- Description: He returned home from Vietnam in December 1970. Chester is currently involved with a veterans’ group in Battle Creek, Michigan.
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- Text: Veteran: It was Cam Ranh Bay. Interviewer: Yeah. And then they come in— Veteran: Which is down south. Interviewer: That’s right. Veteran: Down south. Interviewer: Yeah. Veteran: Right.
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- Description: He is now actively involved in ministry. Wesley and his wife currently work with the Veterans Treatment Court of Muskegon County.
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- Text: ...I mean, did your father have a college education or just a lot of technical training? Veteran: There was a lot of technical training in there. You know? 2 Interviewer: Okay. Alright. And did you finish high school? Veteran: Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Interviewer: What year did you— ...
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- Text: ...I had to come back quickly for that. But anyway— Interviewer: I think that would have been ’61? Veteran: Was it ’61? Interviewer: Berlin Wall, yeah. Veteran: ’61… Interviewer: Yeah, Cuban Missile Crisis is 1962. Veteran: 1961— Interviewer: Yeah. Veteran
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- Text: And the dates when you are there? Veteran: Say again? Interviewer: The dates when you were there? Veteran: I arrived there…I think it would have been June of 1969. Interviewer: Okay. And how long did you stay?
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- Description: He has been the president of the program since it first began. Roger is committed to helping veterans and their families.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Roger Talmadge Interviewed by James Smither Transcribed by Grace Balog Interview length: 1:37:52 Interviewer: Alright, we are continuing Roger Talmadge’s interview and we had worked our way thr...
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- Text: ...I didn’t see that coming. 9 Interviewer: Alright. Was this a 1-year program that you did or 2-year? Veteran: It was 18-months. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: 18-months. Interviewer: So, it was 3 semesters? Or…? Veteran: Huh? Interviewer: Did they have 3 semesters, essen...
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- Text: 1 Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Roger Talmadge Interviewed by James Smither Transcribed by Grace Balog Interview length: 2:02:50 Interviewer: Alright.
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- Text: Interviewer: Okay, so it’s not…it’s ’69? Yeah. Veteran: Pardon? Interviewer: ’69? Yeah, okay. Veteran: Yeah. Interviewer: Now, Fort Polk, Louisiana in August. So, what was that like? Veteran: It was warm. It was humid.
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- Description: ...The task given to the Army Chaplain Corps was to “nurture the living, care for the wounded and honor the dead.” Veterans Day in 2012 was on a Sunday, and on that day he gave a sermon criticizing the violence America had inflicted in Afghanistan. This sermon was posted on his denominatio...
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- Text: ...1 Interview with Reverend Chris J. Antal for the Veteran’s History Project Recorded at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 27 MAY 2021 Charlotte: Hi, my name is Charlotte Guedalia, and I am here with Carolyn Hoffmeier and Kate Wagner at Drexel University recording Reverend Christopher A...
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- Description: ...l era since it was difficult to discuss his war experience with those who had not lived it. He also appreciated the Army’s veteran benefits and the greater military experience, which he used as a critical lens into contemporary American military politics....
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- Text: So I didn’t feel kind of alone being a veteran but also in the protest march, there was a number of them, veterans that were just really unhappy with it looking to participate in that. Interviewer: “How did they react to you being a veteran?”
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- Text: The interviewer is James Smither of the Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project. Okay, now Philip can you start us off with some with some background on yourself, and to begin with where and when were you born?” June 1st 1925, Blodgett hospital.
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- Description: Wolfe returned to Grand Valley and graduated in 2001, going on to work in PR and eventually become the Military and Veterans Resource Manager at Grand Valley where she continues to work today, assisting veterans in their schooling.
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- Text: ...Wolfe, Jill Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: None (between Cold War and 9/11) Interviewee’s Name: Jill Wolfe Length of Interview: 1:18:16 Interviewed by: James Smither Transcribed by: Hokulani Buhlman Interviewer: We’re talking today wit...
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- Text: ...McCarthy, Stacie Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Iraq War Interviewee’s Name: Stacie McCarthy Length of Interview: (26:59) Interviewed by: Koty Leroy-Rollins Transcribed by: Maluhia Buhlman Interviewer: “Hello this is a joint production bet...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Interviewee’s Name: Lawrence Vollink Length of Interview: 1:22:29 Interviewed by: James Smither Transcribed by: Hokulani Buhlman Interviewer: We’re talking today with Larry Vollink of Jenison, Michigan and th...
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- Text: ...The one thing that most of them have said is that they do consider me a veteran and that means a lot to me because like I said, I still don’t know. If we have Veteran’s Day services or something and they say, “Veterans stand” or something, I don’t know if I shoul...