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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Name of War: World War II Interviewee Name: John Mulder Length of Interview (00:26:30) Pre-Enlistment  Born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, MI(0:03)  Grew up in Montana during the Depression (0:30)  16 years old when World War II b...
Mulder, John (Interview outline and video), 2009

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Laws, Gregory (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project Vietnam Sam Rawlinson Total Time (00:46:43) Introduction (00:00:22)  Sam Rawlinson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948; he grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina (00:00:50)  He graduated from high school in 1967; ...
Rawlinson, Samuel (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Joseph Connelly Length of interview (1:38:19) (0:00:17) Background Born in East St. Louis, Illinois January 11, 1949 (0:35) Lived here until he was drafted in to the military (0:50) Father worked as a meat cutter a...
Connelly, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Text: ...however Ron was in better shape than most. (6:25) Basic training lasted 6 weeks. (7:00) Some of the instructors were Vietnam veterans. (7:32) Next, Ron was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for AIT [Advanced Individual Training]. Ron was assigned to Field Artillery. (8:11) Ron was trained on 155...
Zahn, Ronald (Interview outline and video), 2012

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  • Description: After a professional career, he became a minister and got involved with a group of American missionaries that work in Vietnam to help teach the rural Vietnamese English and to help American Vietnam War veterans find peace with their memories.
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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Bob Smoker Vietnam War 1 hour 26 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born on October 25, 1949 in York, Pennsylvania -Grew up there -Mother worked in a department store -Father worked for a heating and plumbing company -Delivere...
Smoker, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2014

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  • Description: Jim Vanden Hout is a Vietnam War veteran who was born on February 7, 1942 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. When he was twenty five he was drafted into the Army on January 22, 1968. He received training at Fort Dix, New Jersey and Fort Polk, Louisiana before being deployed to Vietnam in May 1968.
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  • Text: ...ng older and to being able to go back to his old job -Most of his coworkers were interested to hear about Vietnam (01:28:17) Veterans’ Groups and Associations -Upon returning home he wasn’t welcomed home by the VFW or American Legion -Felt that was tasteless considering they were suppos...
Vanden Hout, James (Interview outline and video), 2015

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Johnson, William (Interview outline and video), 2005

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Timmerman, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2008

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Shipley, John (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewee: Al Johnson Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (01:17:23) Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:00)       Born in Columbus, OH in 1923.
Johnson, Ellsworth (Al) (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Carl Ballard Length: 1:16:57 (03:00) Background Information • • • • Carl was born on October 16, 1932 in Kent County, Michigan He went to Wayland high school and graduated in 1951 Carl expected that he would be drafte...
Ballard, Carl (Interview outline and video), 2004