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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Korean War Laverne Bivens Interview Length: (00:19:53:00) Training and Service (00:00:27:00) One day, he received a letter saying that his friends and neighbors had chosen him to serve in the military (00:00:27:00) o This was du...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Harold Day 38:52 Introduction (00:24) Harold was born in Ava, Missouri on June 26, 1949. He grew up there with his family that was in the restaurant business along with farming.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Stephen Nyenhuis Total Time – (38:41) Background He was born on April 11, 1949 (00:04) He was born in Princeton, Minnesota (00:27) o At the age of 2, his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
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- Text: ...d he went home to visit his family before reporting to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, (11:01) Because his father was a World War I veteran, when Harold left him to go overseas, he broke down because he realized that it might be the last time he saw his son. (11:27) Reported back to camp before ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 1:00:41 Ben VanSlooten WWII Veteran United States Army; May 13, 1943 – October 30, 1946 Transportation (0:20) Reaction to Nazi Party coming to power • United States seemed to think that it was Europe...
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- Description: ...Marie, Michigan. He was the oldest of eight other children and his father was a World War Two veteran. He attended college and trained as a physical therapist and was drafted into the Army in June 1967. He trained as a medic at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was deployed to Vietnam in mid-Dece...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ben Jerzyk Vietnam War 40 minutes 41 seconds (00:00:32) Early Life -Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan on October 6, 1945 -His father was serving in the military at the Soo Locks -His mother was eighteen or nineteen when he was born ...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Edward Stolt (00:37:24) (:07) Early Life • (:07) Born Jan 13, 1919, in Bayshore near Charlevoix, Michigan. • (:24) His father was a farmer, and a barn builder. • (:45) In 1929 they moved to Lansing for two years.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Name of Interviewee: George Way Length of interview (00:32:12:23) ***horizontal blue bars appear across the screen in the first few scenes (00:09:06) [interviewer introduction] Mr.Way was born on Sept...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Richard Tibbe Length of Interview: 00:37:30 Background: Richard was born in Grand Rapids, November 21st, 1945. His father served in the Army in WWII when he was born and would return ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Ralph "Hank" DeYoung Cold War 38 minutes 33 seconds (00:00:42) Early Life -Born in 1928 in Spring Lake, Michigan -He stayed in high school through the tenth grade -His father worked in a factory, owned a farm for 6 years, t...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Charles Whorton Length of interview: (58:33) (00:00) Early Life Charles was born on January 2, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama When Charles was a child, his family moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan, w...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Earl O. Henry Jr. Cold War – Vietnam Era 1 hour 5 minutes 6 seconds Note: Earl is also telling the story of his father, Earl O. Henry, who died on the USS Indianapolis. (00:00:40) Earl Jr.’s Early Life -Born in Mayfield, Kentucky...