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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Alfred Thomet (00:54:18) Audio skips throughout interview. Skips until (00:32) (00:32) Background: • Grew up in Lowell, Michigan. • Father was a farmer. • Member of the Future Farmers of America. (02:18) Enlistment: • Enlisted f...
Thomet, Alfred N. (Interview outline), 2007

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Hayes Cargill World War II Total Time: 0:30:45 Childhood, Pre-Enlistment, and Post-War (00:18)        Born September 12, 1926 Attended South High and Davis Tech High School in Grand Rapids.
Cargill, Hayes (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: William Holl Length of Interview: (00:14:25) Childhood and Pre-enlistment (00:00)      Born in Orange, NJ in 1927.
Holl, William H. (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: ...Interview Notes Interview Length (16:00) Jay Shook World War II Veteran Korean War Veteran US Navy Pre-Enlistment Lived in Caledonia when he signed up for the Navy (0:35) Signed up for travel and adventure (0:47) Training Was trained at Great Lakes, Illinois (0:55) Was there for ...
Shook, Jay (Interview outline and video), 2005

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project James Chamberlain (00:52:27) (00:30) Background Information • • • • James was born in Highland Park, MI, on August 16, 1926 His father worked with a realty corporation and his mother was a housewife James went to school in Detr...
Chamberlain, James (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Keith Blough (11:54) Pre-Enlistment • Born August 28, 1925 (0:20) • Born south of Freeport, MI (0:38) • Attended Freeport High School (0:45) Enlistment • Drafted in to the Navy in November of 1943 (1:15) • Had a lot of confusi...
Blough, Keith (Interview outline and video), 2004

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Ed Brooks Length: 32:06 (00:15) Background Information • Ed was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan in 1940 • He had 2 brothers, his father was a farmer and his mother a housewife • Ed went to Hoover elementary school an...
Brooks, Richard (Interview outline and video) ca. 2005

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview World War II Katherine Powers Total Time – (08:00)              She was married to Thomas Powers He served in the Navy (00:11) He was in the Navy for three years during World War II ...
Powers, Thomas (Interview outline), 2010

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project World War II Joseph Dorgan Length of Interview (00:16:58) Introduction (00:00:00) Born November 10, 1925 Served in World War II in the Navy Highest Rank was Postman’s Mate 2nd Class Birthplace: Washington, D.C. 1925 Enlisted in the...
Dorgan, Joseph (Interview outline and video), 2009

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Notes Length: 23:38 George Schuster WWII Veteran United State Navy; 1941 to 1945/46 Introduction (0:17) • Was born in St. Claire Shores.
Schuster, George (Interview outline and video), 2007

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  • Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Homer Berry Length of Interview: (00:13:59) (00:40) Pre-Enlistment  Background o Homer was born in Flint, Michigan on February 13, 1925. o He joined the service [Navy] because his...
Berry, Homer C. (Interview outline and video), 2008

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  • Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Bob Veenstra World War II Total Time: 43:00 Pre-War (00:05) • • • • • • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1914. Went to a small public school.
Veenstra, Robert (Interview outline and video), 2004