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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Delbert Rector Interview Total Time: 1:06:57 Background (00:16) Born in Cedar Springs, Michigan in 1918 (00:38) Lived with grandparents in Grand Rapids after parents got divorced (00:54) Father was a professi...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Glenn Ten Brink (01:30:11) (00:01) Introduction (02:44) Interview Begins: • Glenn TenBrink • Born in Olive Township, Michigan, June 23, 1924. • Grew up on a farm and achieved an eighth grade education. (04:44) Pearl Harbor: • He...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Vietnam & Afghanistan & Iraq Baltazar Martinez Total Time – (02:11:52) Introduction / Basic Training – (00:00:11) Baltazar Martinez was born in Plainview, Texas on August 8th, 1952; he lived there for abou...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Milton DeVries, Albert Lobbezoo and Andrew Dykstra 53:58 Introduction (00:42) Milton DeVries, is from Wyoming, Michigan and was in the 32nd Division, 127th Regiment, Company F.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Name of Interviewee: Tony Urbon Length of Interview: 00:58:50 Background He was born in Grand Rapids in 1917. His dad was a barber. He dad asked him what he wanted to do with himself.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Larry Van Singel (00:38:52) (1:02) Pre-Enlistment • (1:02) Lived in Byron Center his entire life. He graduated high school in 1965. Vietnam was “on everyone’s mind,” at the time.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Richard Groggel World War II 59 minutes 35 seconds (00:00:33) Early Life -Born on July 22, 1924 in Kalamazoo, Michigan -Born in a house in Kalamazoo -Father worked as a grinder on a machine in the parchment department of a paper f...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans' History Project Raymond Lantz World War II 1 hour 15 minutes 38 seconds (00:00:08) Early Life -Born on September 26, 1922 in Washington, Illinois -Father managed a farm there -Didn't live there very long -Lived in Constantine, Michigan and E...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Wayne Skaggs Vietnam War 53 minutes 45 seconds (00:00:16) Early Life -Born in Stidham, Oklahoma in 1949 on a farm -Lived there until he got drafted -Family farm had corn, peanuts, and soybeans -Lived in east-central Oklahoma -Graduat...
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- Description: ...Kenneth Vander Molen is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army, first as an infantry replacement and then later in the regular army from August 1945 to December 1946. In this account, Vander Molen discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment and training in the U.S. and active duty ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Kenneth Vander Molen Length of total interview: 2hrs. 9mins. Pre-Enlistment (02:28) • Family (02:30) o Vander Molen was born on August 7th, 1926 as a twin in Detroit, Michigan. (0...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Norman Spring (47:05:10) Early Life • (00:18:13)Spring was born in 1932 in Ann Arbor, MI • (00:25:21)both of his parents emigrated from Germany, both were deceased by the time of this interview; they came to the United States in the...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans’ History Project Charles Lieb Vietnam War 1 hour 29 minutes 10 seconds (00:00:20) Early Life -Born on October 27, 1946, in Minneapolis -Grew up and attended high school in Minneapolis -Mother stayed at home and father worked for the electrical indust...