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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Mark Thiel Vietnam War Total Time: 26:30 Pre-War (00:00) Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1950. Was part of a family of 6 children.
![Thiel, Mark (Interview outline and video), 2009 Thiel, Mark (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d93554ff344aabb69fdc8141574d9678.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ted Burzynski (55:57) Background Information (00:20) • • Ted was born in Michigan on April 18, 1916 He has been living in the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans since 2004 Las Vegas (1:30) • • • • Ted was approached ...
![Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007 Burzynski, Thadius (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d9bb3b487e9b7eb5aebaff9484cb9f98.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of Interviewer: Win Mueller Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:34:11) (00:15) Training Win was drafted in 1942 and inducted at Fort Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan He went through tra...
![Mueller, Winfried S. (Interview outline and video), 2003 Mueller, Winfried S. (Interview outline and video), 2003](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d77986b9e57b3b582905f7a2d90e64a5.jpg)
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- Description: ...Gerald Gless is a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Army from approximately 1945 to December 1946. In this account, Gless discusses his pre-enlistment, enlistment, training, and active duty. He mentions his brief postings at various POW camps in Northern Italy and describes a pris...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Gerald Gless Length of Interview: 19mins. 51secs. Pre‐Enlistment (00:12) • Childhood (00:20) o • Gless was born on February 6th, 1927 in Elkton, MI.
![Gless, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2005 Gless, Gerald (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/445543a2f323aa861202abbe64d85553.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Fred Chambers Length: 47:34 (00:35) Background Information Fred was born in Orlando, Florida in 1940 His mother did housework and his father was in general labor; he had 2 brothers and 3 sisters Fr...
![Chambers, Fred (Interview outline and video), 2009 Chambers, Fred (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4c6b425e31c6079df1d0920693ebdaf7.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Name: Joseph Borst Name of War: World War II Length of Interview: (00:12:04) (00:10) Background Information Joseph was a sergeant in the United States Army during World War Two Afte...
![Borst, Joseph L. (Interview outline and video), 2009 Borst, Joseph L. (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3a46a590e2738401fc66fe44ecbacc4f.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Leslie Meyering Name of War: Korean War Length of Interview: (00:19:30) Background Information Shows a map of Korea while the war was going on (0:30) Gives a brief history of the war (2:00) General MacArthur wanted...
![Meyering, Leslie (Interview outline and video), 2009 Meyering, Leslie (Interview outline and video), 2009](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0e4337a6ade039832eeecd756cc3497e.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Bob Arntz Length: 16:34 (00:15) Background Information • Bob was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 8, 1944 • He went to Greenville high school and worked on his father’s dairy farm • After graduating from hig...
![Arntz, Bob (Interview outline and video), 2004 Arntz, Bob (Interview outline and video), 2004](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4a1632dbac23058a13d2be2b1c6df4b4.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Tommy Williams World War II (11:53) Background Information (00:11) Born August 26th 1920 (00:12) At the age of 18 before he joined the Army, Tommy worked in the field. (1:02) He was raised in Mississippi. (1:25) Military S...
![Williams, Tommy (Interview outline and video), 2011 Williams, Tommy (Interview outline and video), 2011](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b76d741867f4a1d251f44243cdc9394f.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frank Tichvon World War II Total Time: 22:52 Pre-War (00:33) • • Was born in Barry County, Michigan. Was drafted into the Army in October, 1941.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Frank Tichvon World War II Total Time: 22:52 Pre-War (00:33) • • Was born in Barry County, Michigan. Was drafted into the Army in October, 1941.
![Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 200 Tichvon, Frank (Interview outline and video), 200](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e634540e63d1ef61593f1da7a34462dd.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Troy Girke (1:01:22) (01:25) Background Information • Troy was born in Allegan, MI • He has one brother and a very close family • He had a fun childhood in the country where he was able to spend a lot of time hunting and...
![Girke, Troy (Interview outline and video), 2006 Girke, Troy (Interview outline and video), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b816b565351be9b30af0be8f3525821d.jpg)