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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam War Tom Sibley Length of interview: 01:22:52:00 Pre-Enlistment (0:00:09:00) Born in Muskegon, Michigan in May, 1945 (0:00:09:00) His father had a couple of kids before Sibley and was working in Muskegon at a de...
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- Description: After Vietnam, he spent a year and a half in the Transport Corps in Washington DC. After his time in the service, he worked for various different veterans support and advocacy groups on the west coast.
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- Text: ...re uneasy about me in the business setting, but nobody ever said anything to me. I was actually hired at IBM because I was a veteran, because the people at IBM that do the hiring, are the managers for whom you‟re going to work, and the guy who hired me was a veteran and he liked ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam Jim Harris Total Time – (01:17:00) Background • • • • • • • • • • He was born in South Dakota on December 29, 1941 (00:27) When he was eight years old, his family moved to Minneapolis He gradua...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Robert Bolinder (01:46:00) Introduction (00:17) Family and Pre-enlistment (00:44) Born in the Bronx, NY in 1923. His family moved to NJ a year after he was born.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Michael McGregor (2:23:37) Background Information (00:03) Born in Indiana on February 5th 1943. (00:04) His father was a career soldier in the Army.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II - WACs Lillian Remus Length of Interview: (00:09) DM: This is Douglas Montagna from Grand Valley State and I‟m here talking with Lillian Remus about her experiences during World War II.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Les Alcumbrack (01:02:00) Background • Full name is Lester Alcumbrack (00:14) • From Kentwood, MI (00:31) • Born in Grand Rapids, his family moved to the corner of 32nd and East Paris when he was about five years old. (00:44) • ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Arden Pridgeon World War II 1 hour 18 minutes 15 seconds (00:00:20) Early Life -Born on April 5, 1924, in Isabella County, Michigan, at home on the family farm -Attended a one-room schoolhouse -Farm had no electricity, and no vehi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Duane Beukema World War II-Post War 59 minutes 16 seconds (00:00:14) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1928 -Lived there his entire life -Father worked for General Motors in the stamping division at the Wyoming, Michig...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Gene Pasma World War II 1 hour 41 minutes 28 seconds (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Moline, Michigan on August 28, 1923 -Father owned a ninety acre farm east of Moline -Spent early childhood there -Moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan ...
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- Description: Peter Newman is a major in the Michigan National Guard and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. He was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois, in 1980 and grew up in Michigan. He took ROTC training in college and was commissioned in the Army in 2002.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Peter Newman War in Afghanistan 2 hours 18 minutes 36 (00:00:18) Early Life -Born in Mount Prospect, Illinois on June 18, 1980 -Parents’ names were Jay and Barb -Both of his parents were teachers -His father was a secondary educati...