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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Donald Brummel Length of interview (0:24:28) Pre-Enlistment • Childhood o Born and raised in Burnips, Michigan. (0:51) His family were farmers. (0:54) • His Job o He was 22 years old during Pearl Harbor and worked at Ext...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Len Berkenpas World War II Total Time: 0:43:15 Childhood and Pre-Enlistment (0:00:20) • • • • • Born in 1925 in Byron Center, MI Family was involved in farming Attended Byron Center Christian School until 8th Grade ...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Doug Anderson Length: 26:55 (00:25) Naval Training • Doug was in high school when WWII started and the Navy had been offering a special officer training program • He enlisted in the Navy and began training one month aft...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee name: Clyde Boerman Length of Interview: (00:54:46) (0:08:50)Pre-Enlistment Before the war, he worked at General Motors.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Morris Gooch (23:05) (00:10) Background Information • • • • • • • Morris was born in Monroe, Michigan in 1951 His father was a mechanic and his mother was a housewife He had seven siblings Morris had been working full tim...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jerry Bruinekool (24:05) (00:15) Background Information • Jerry was born on December 15, 1938 • He was in the Navy for three years and then in the reserve • Jerry was born in Michigan and went to school in Ada • He had several u...
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Robert Christiansen Length: 34:05 (00:01) Background Information • • • • • • • Robert was born on August 11, 1920 in Muskegon, Michigan His grandparents were from Denmark Robert’s father sold milk and was a lu...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Chester Dykema (00:22:00) Background: Dykema was born in 1927 Dykema entered the Navy in May 1945 and served until July of 1946, exiting as a 3rd class motor machinist.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Interviewee’s Names: Jack & Norma Mc Caulley Name of War: World War II Length: (00:32:49) (00:20) Background Information Jack was born in Woodland, Michigan in 1927 He went to school all over Michiga...
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Name of Interviewee: Wesley Strehlau Length of interview (0:10:13) (00:00) Background Served in World War II in the U.S.
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Arthur Hotchkiss Cold War/Vietnam Era (39:26) Entrance into the Military (00:40) At the age of 17 Arthur had an interest in going into the military. (00:44) He joined the Naval Reserve.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran’s History Project Post- Persian Gulf War Era John Luckett Interview Length: (00:00:10:30) Early Life/ Naval Training (00:00:13:00) Luckett was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1972. (00:00:14:00) He has two sisters: one older and one younger....
