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- Description: Guy Green is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army's 8th Air Force from January 1943 to September 1945. In this account, Greene discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and basic training, and also gives one a brief picture into the bomber campaigns over Germany entailed.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Guy Green Length of Interview: 32 minutes Pre-Enlistment (00:11) • Background (00:18) o Green served with the 336th Bomb Squadron of the 95th Bomb Group and the 13th Combat Wing o...
![Greene, Guy (Interview outline and video), 2008 Greene, Guy (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/634bd9b46f6f6eb361e3618383de126f.jpg)
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- Description: Valeria Dellinger was a veteran of WWII in the United States Army in 1945 and 1946. She served in Los Alamos, New Mexico as a switchboard operator for the military at the time of the development of the atomic bomb.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State Veterans History Project Valeria Dellinger WWII Veteran United States Army (42:03) (00:23)Detroit Michigan Valeria was born April 4 1925 at her grandmothers home in Detroit Valeria’s father worked for Ford Motor Company and her mother was a stay at home...
![Dellinger, Valeria (Interview outline and video), 2006 Dellinger, Valeria (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fc35a8b8a98c59a22c3561df0acfba19.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 23:38 George Schuster WWII Veteran United State Navy; 1941 to 1945/46 Introduction (0:17) • Was born in St. Claire Shores.
![Schuster, George (Interview outline and video), 2007 Schuster, George (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/150383f100576025a633f4640e78824a.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Homer Berry Length of Interview: (00:13:59) (00:40) Pre-Enlistment Background o Homer was born in Flint, Michigan on February 13, 1925. o He joined the service [Navy] because his...
![Berry, Homer C. (Interview outline and video), 2008 Berry, Homer C. (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cfa0bb69f314eb1b55c076ca823d04ed.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Bob Veenstra World War II Total Time: 43:00 Pre-War (00:05) • • • • • • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1914. Went to a small public school.
![Veenstra, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004 Veenstra, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/141b8849143e281318f3e8a8e96b34ce.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Charlie Swendsen World War II Total Time: 56:30 Guided Tour of the USS Silversides (00:00) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (00:00) Explanation of the deck gun, noted that it...
![Swendsen, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2009 Swendsen, Charles (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d0d30f890b7b0046c2523a333bb50f39.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Harold Sundberg (56:40) Background information (1:10) Born April 14th 1926 in Red Wing, Minnesota. (1:10) Red Wing had a population of about 10,000 when he resided there.
![Sundberg, Harold (Interview outline and video), 2011 Sundberg, Harold (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fc6b0452967009f64c04fe3ed58725e1.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Fay Johnson (52:52) (00:35) Background Information • • • • Fay grew up in Grand Rapids, MI He went to East Grand Rapids Schools Fay graduated from Lowell High School in 1943 He enlisted in the Navy in November 1943 (03:55) Tra...
![Johnson, Fay (Interview outline and video), 2008 Johnson, Fay (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d4de345f4d2c65e89c7db0bdc8dcf05a.jpg)
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- Description: Armond Hillock is a World War II veteran who served with the Sigma Corps within the U.S. Army from January 1943 to an undisclosed date. Hillock discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee Name: Armond Hillock Length of Interview (00:23:06) (00:00:23)Pre-Enlistment Background o Took part in World War II. Education o After graduating high school, in 1940, he started work at ...
![Hillock, Armond L. (Interview outline and video), 2005 Hillock, Armond L. (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d0d56568b45cab8eb390522f3a20cf72.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interview: Woodrow Neumann Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:34:12) (00:15) Background Information • • • • • Woodrow was born in Flint, Michigan on July 8, 1918 He came from a German Catholi...
![Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007 Neumann, Woodrow J., (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/db1f8a95e07117f0984ee28f486b277a.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Lavont Pickens Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:52:58) (00:35) Background Information • Lavont was born in Mosley, Michigan • His father owned a creamery and his mother was a telep...
![Pickens, Lavont A. (Interview outline and video), 2003 Pickens, Lavont A. (Interview outline and video), 2003](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5ab45aa172661ac9205705e4c9dde530.jpg)
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- Description: Nickoli Kotchka is a World War II Veteran who served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945 in Africa, Italy, France, and Austria as a member of the 15th Infantry 3rd Division. Soon after Pearl Harbor, Kotchka was drafted into the Army and sent to Europe.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Nickoli Kotchka (00: 29:25) (0:45) The early years (West Virginia) • Born July 26, 1915 • Lived in East Gulf, West Virginia which was a coal mining town o Father was a coal miner • Attended school in a two-story building that had...
![Kotchka, Nickoli (Interview outline and video), 2007 Kotchka, Nickoli (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a498043ee4b6ef6f075ca9075f19afb3.jpg)