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• Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: Vietnam Interviewee: Jack Ward Length of Interview: 00:28:57 Background          Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 14, 1949.

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Dwight Becker World War II 56 minutes 32 seconds (00:00:21) Early Life -Born in Grandville, Michigan on March 25, 1924 -Grew up in Grandville -Attended Grandville High School and graduated from there in 1942 -Went to Grand Rapids ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Leonard Moore Total Time – (01:02:31) Background • • • • • He was born in Rockingham, North Carolina on October 24, 1949 (00:23) o He grew up in Rockingham His parents were farmers (00:41) o They opera...

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• Text: ... back into society He was not welcomed home by a lot of people (01:19:02) o Any job application where he wrote that he was a veteran, he would be declined the position (01:19:17) o When he was asked if he was a veteran, he would respond that he was. They would respond with “Well,...

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• Text: ...nted, competitive program (01:43:38) Lest We Forget -Part of Lest We Forget -Patriotic organization -Collects the stories of veterans -Have collected the stories of 300 to 350 veterans -Educates people about American military engagements -Conducts war reenactments for World War Two...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Phil Tolson Vietnam War 1 hour 36 minutes 20 seconds (00:00:14) Early Life -Born in Akron, Ohio in 1949 -Family moved to Los Angeles, back to Akron, then to Michigan, then to Illinois -Father worked for a salt company, rubber comp...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Bob Romig Vietnam War 1 hour 30 minutes 4 seconds (00:00:13) Early Life -Born in Dennison, Ohio -Grew up in Tuscarawas, Ohio -His father was a high school teacher -His mother was a librarian -He graduated from high school Tuscarawas ...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project John Hoogland Cold War (Pre-Vietnam); Vietnam War; Cold War (Post-Vietnam) 1 hour 19 minutes xx seconds (00:00:39) Early Life -Born on April 20, 1934, in Decatur, Michigan -Father was a minister -He was the third of four children -Mo...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Bob Loper World War II 1 hour 56 minutes 1 second (00:00:12) Early Life Pt. 1 -Born on May 9, 1924 in Central Lake, Michigan -There were no jobs at the time, so his parents had no jobs -The first few years of his life were spent in a...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Jim Roach Vietnam War Part 3 & 4 1 hour 51 minutes 7 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Got back from his first tour on December 6, 1968 -Got married on December 26, 1968 -Didn‟t have any personal experience with harassment from pr...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Joseph Krzeminksi Total Time – (01:24:41) Background & Civilian Conservation Corps • • • • • • • • • • • • • He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1919 (00:16) His parents ...