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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project The Cold War Marvin Abbott Interview Length: (00:36:56:00) Pre-enlistment / Training (00:00:38:00) Abbott was born in June 1938 on a farm in Decatur, Michigan; growing up, Abbott attended a country school before going to Decat...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Allan Ostar World War II 2 hours 2 minutes 39 seconds (00:00:12) Early Life -Born on September 4, 1924 in East Orange, New Jersey -Moved around New Jersey during the Great Depression -Father had had a career in the Army -Family se...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Vietnam War Douglas Buikema Interview Total Time: (1:38:00) Background (00:55) Mr. Buikema was born on August 25th, 1946 in Grand Rapids Michigan o Grew up in Wyoming, Michigan o His dad had many jobs, ended up working for an off...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Projects Richard Doyle (1:48:02) Back ground information (00:15) Was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont on September 6th 1945 (00:17) He has lived his entire life in Vermont and still resides there....
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Projects Charles Fisher (1:49:00) Background information (00:27) He was born in Irish Hills, Michigan in 1921. (00:32) His dad died of a heart attack when he was 2 in 1923. (00:59) When he was 4 in 1925 his family moved to Wyandot, ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Glenn Lyons (2:15:27) Background Information (1:55) His grand parents immigrated to the U.S. and lived in South Dakota, Illinoi...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Mike Stolk (1:05:47) (:22)Early Life • (:22) He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1920. He went to Union High school in Grand Rapids. • (:29) His father owned a business, making semi-trailers.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Francis Scott Length of interview (02:02:07) Pre-Enlistment (00:17) Working at AC Sparkplug in Flint, Michigan. (00:18) Lived with family in Mt.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Al Kraker World War II 1 hour 46 minutes (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Allendale, Michigan on June 26, 1924 -Grew up in Allendale -Hadn't travelled further than fifty miles from home before he was in the Army -Came from a fa...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Dr. Richard Muir Vietnam War 51 minutes 10 seconds (00:00:10) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 2, 1939 -Grew up in Grand Rapids -Went to Ottawa Hills High School -Father was a partner in the Muir Pharmacy cha...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project David Zylstra World War II 1 hour 44 minutes 40 seconds (00:00:09) Early Life -Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1924 -Has lived in Grand Rapids all his life -Attended West Side Christian High School -After graduating attended Cal...