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- Text: ... receive an operation -Opted to take the medical discharge -Dealt with a bad back until 1951 -Received an operation from the Veterans' Hospital -Already had a bad back from farm work -Injury in the Army only exacerbated it (00:25:36) Medals -Received the following medals: -Combat Infan...
![Bakker, Lee Richard (Interview outline and video), 2015 Bakker, Lee Richard (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f30145b84afaa86dbfcecd198b6dd795.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Eugene Shoemaker Length: 37:31 (00:25) Background Information Eugene was born in Byron Center, Michigan in 1927, where he grew up and went to high school He had 4 sisters, his father drove trucks and mother wo...
![Shoemaker, Eugene (Interview outline and video), 2009 Shoemaker, Eugene (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/78a192e9a7c04c81e934a4384be06346.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II James Lilley Length: 51:47 (00:20) Background Information • • • • • • James was born in Ferndale, Michigan in 1922 His mother was a housewife and his father was chief engineer for Pontiac Motors He ha...
![Lilley, James (Interview outline and video), 2009 Lilley, James (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a632a78564ac8e6aabcdbd10e36b3f3f.jpg)
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- Text: ...Bill Does not remember running out of support from the bill (52:46) Never joined any kind of veterans organizations Was a part of the reserve until 1955 (53:04) Learning to follow directions and how important direction are was an extremely valuable lesson that he learned by serving in t...
![Pylman, John (Interview outline and video), 2012 Pylman, John (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/998bdb715322a0373d498f97192de2f4.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Bob Wright Length of interview (49:00) (00:05) Background Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on February 26, 1922. (00:13) Father worked in a company that made looms. (00:37) Family struggled during the Depression....
![Wright, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2009 Wright, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fb6752640ffee6ded69947d77009286e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Robert Keith World War II 32 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 20, 1926 -Grew up in Grand Rapids and attended Grand Rapids Public Schools -Father worked for a railroad company in Gr...
![Keith, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2015 Keith, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2015](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/795d8375c7c32d5a3ca24fa4e2fc7356.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Thomas York Length of interview (00:47:19) Background Information (00:00:12) Born in Baltimore, Maryland in July of 1927 Moved to Oklahoma in 1929 (00:00:23) o Remained in Oklahoma until 1941 Father wo...
![York, Thomas (Interview outline and video), 2010 York, Thomas (Interview outline and video), 2010](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2e8ddfe60ff446e37caf04dd638cab4f.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project War/Era: WWII Era Name: Mabelle "Barry" Vincent Smith Interviewer: Elaine Schneider Interview Length: (00:52:05:00) Early Life (00:00:20:00) Smith was born in Syracuse, New York on April 23rd, 1920. (00:00:22:00) �...
![Smith, Mabelle Vincent (Interview outline and video), 2012 Smith, Mabelle Vincent (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b1149edba19926cfacd2dd72fe0686e0.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Edwin Baumann World War II 1 hour 4 minutes 11 seconds (00:00:16) Early Life -Born in Stockton, California on June 19, 1923 -Started school at five and a half years old in San Francisco -Immediately went into the first grade -When...
![Baumann, Edwin (Interview outline and video), 2005 Baumann, Edwin (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f71423c8b8168094d0c4f4bd3c5a7e31.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II William Doucette Length of Interview (00:51:10) Background (00:00:35) Born in 1921; the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the copper mining region Father worked for two dollars a day, four days a week; family of eight child...
![Doucette, William (Interview outline and video), 2009 Doucette, William (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/01b26df368630f0e967ff152d87cbe1c.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II John Kennaugh Total Time – (01:02:17) Background He was born in Rockford, Illinois on March 4, 1923 (00:16) After three years, his family moved to Belvedere, Illinois o He lived t...
![Kennaugh, John (Interview outline and video), 2012 Kennaugh, John (Interview outline and video), 2012](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/81c82b89621306f0c568f51d24ce9eeb.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Roy & Marion Davis World War II 1 hour 52 minutes 40 seconds (00:00:15) Roy's Early Life -Born in Hartford, Michigan -Small town of about 2,500 people -Grew up in Hartford -Marion's family moved to Hartford -Roy and ...
![Davis, Roy M. and Marion (Interview outline and video), 2016 Davis, Roy M. and Marion (Interview outline and video), 2016](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/07d4fc2370a569384c674cbe39edbb5f.jpg)