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- Description: ...n the military and how it applied to life after service. He talks about the Vietnam memorial and its affect on him and other veterans of Vietnam. He also talks about how the Vietnam veterans were treated when they came home, and how it differs from how veterans are treated...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 13:56 Randolph Elbert Phillips Jr. Vietnam Veteran United States Navy, February 1963 to August 1968 A-Branch (00:26) Pre-enlistment/Family: • Due to poor grades in college he joined the Navy • J...
![Phillips, Randolph Elbert (Interview outline and video), 2007 Phillips, Randolph Elbert (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e145b8c5f831a8517b8d166e7383f5d8.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Raulend “Ron” Whiteis Interviewed by James Smither Transcribed by Grace Balog Interviewer: We are talking with Ron Whiteis of San Diego, California, and the interviewer is James Smither of th...
![Whiteis, Rauland (Interview transcript and video), 2017 Whiteis, Rauland (Interview transcript and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9d9eecdc93df0e5f5229371fba793e1d.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Wendall Smits Interviewed by James Smither Transcribed by Grace Balog Interviewer: We are talking today with Wendall Smits of Byron Center, Michigan, and the interviewer is James Smither of the G...
![Smits, Wendall (Interview transcript and video), 2017 Smits, Wendall (Interview transcript and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/677e781488db1034339a2e556db4d925.jpg)
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- Text: Alright. Veteran: I’ll put on my other hat. I don’t have my hair combed. Interviewer: Okay, well it shades your eyes a little bit which is— Veteran: Oh, it does? Interviewer: Yeah.
![Ramon, Edward (Interview transcript and video), 2018 Ramon, Edward (Interview transcript and video), 2018](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7bd70447e62db54bbcca4a45d17d7d6d.jpg)
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- Text: Okay. Veteran: And— Interviewer: But this was a largely Navy group that you were— Veteran: That is correct. Interviewer: Okay. Veteran: And I mean, most of the guys there signed up.
![Jakubczak, Richard (Interview transcript and video), 2011 Jakubczak, Richard (Interview transcript and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/188f9a7602ee01a05bbc5f5ca8e53141.jpg)
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- Text: Park Maintenance (21:22) - Never Married, Plenty of GF - Diabetic - Lives in Veterans Home (7mos) - Thankful for Veterans Service - Plans to reenter civilian life
![Burton, Robert Darrell (Interview outline and video), 2007 Burton, Robert Darrell (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/eaa4856ea7c32aacc8d27b8500d0eed0.jpg)
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- Description: Harry Bolthouse is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1949. Although unable to recall much of his service experience, due to his cerebral hemorrhages, he was able to share pieces of his pre-enlistment and enlistment.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Other veterans and civilians Interviewee name: Harry Bolthouse Length of Interview: (00:06:20) Pre-Enlistment Background o Born in Grand Rapids, 1930. Family o Had four brothers. o Mother was a ho...
![Bolthouse, Harry R. (Interview outline and video), 2009 Bolthouse, Harry R. (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/57aacb08905f449f89b3c32467b3e301.jpg)
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- Description: ...Jarvis Brink is a Cold War veteran from Zeeland, Michigan where he attended Holland High School and graduated from there in 1953. In 1954 he joined the Army and served for two years. He received basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas for eighteen months ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jarvis Brink Cold War Interview Length: 11 minutes 9 seconds (00:00:04) Early Life and Overview of Service -From Zeeland, Michigan -Attended Holland High School -Graduated in 1953 -Joined the Army in 1954 -Served for two years -It wa...
![Brink, Jarvis (Interview outline), 2013 Brink, Jarvis (Interview outline), 2013](/application/views/scripts/images/fallback-file.png)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: John Chenard Interviewed by Steve Hammond Transcribed by Chad Hitchcock John: -Girls by myself but it worked out.
![Chenard, John (2 of 2, Interview transcript and video), 2017 Chenard, John (2 of 2, Interview transcript and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b3b2403f8fd28bba1a8721695de97cb3.jpg)
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- Text: Veteran: American Airlines. Interviewer: Okay. Alright. Remember where you stopped on the way over? Veteran: Hawaii. Interviewer: Okay. And did you get off or…? Veteran: Go surfing?
![Layton, Robert (Interview transcript and video), 2017 Layton, Robert (Interview transcript and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/86f4d580e4e830c5b8822253f8faa4a2.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Oral History Interview Veteran: Kent Laudeman Interviewed by James Smither Transcribed by Chad Hitchcock Interview length: 1:53:02 James: We're talking today with Kent Laudeman of Niles Michigan.
![Laudeman, Kent (Interview transcript and video), 2017 Laudeman, Kent (Interview transcript and video), 2017](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f434e7d5d514753cb2c0731c7e1fed99.jpg)