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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: 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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- 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: 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: ...en, fourteen – and then once the end of Vietnam, you know, just kind of went away. Except for what you saw on TV about the veterans, the veterans that were upset – veterans that, they’ve had it with America, they’re gonna move out west, out in the mountains, get lo...