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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jim Kloosterman (00:26:29) (08:45) Introduction • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1946. • Attended elementary school in Allendale and Coopersville High School. (09:29) Enlistment • Joined the United States Naval Reserve at sevente...
![Kloosterman, Jim (Interview outline and video), 2005 Kloosterman, Jim (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a61ec092a4eecb2b954b087eaef0d49e.jpg)
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- Text: Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Ray Cebulski (00:26:15) Introduction (00:12) • Cebulski was born in 1944. The oldest of three brothers and a sister, he lived in a multi-ethnic neighborhood in Connecticut.
![Cebulski, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2007 Cebulski, Raymond (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/af7025e54dacf4f27c1ec88f181bdfca.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Frank O’Boyle (00:37:52) (00:22) – Background -Born in Detroit on 29 June 1924 -Has no memories of his mother, as she died when he was very young -Raised by father and aunts & uncles -Moved to West Michigan to live with aunt and...
![O'Boyle Frank (Interview outline and video), 2005 O'Boyle Frank (Interview outline and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3631c8d66e5e574cc54f3c0e68f0376a.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Name of War: World War II Interviewee’s Name: William Lysdahl Length of Interview (00:26:44) Background: (0:00:14) Served in the Navy Enlisted because it was his duty Was 17, his father signed for him, thought it...
![Lysdahl, William (Interview transcript and video), 2005 Lysdahl, William (Interview transcript and video), 2005](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fa42a7f6d514d7553f4626098a0e95ad.jpg)
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- Description: Dale Allen Weaver is a veteran and former E-6 who served in the U.S. Navy from 1976 to 1990. In this account, Weaver briefly discusses his pre-enlistment years, his basic training and other training in the U.S.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Dale Weaver (00:50:0) (00:25) Introduction (01:02) Family and childhood • Born in Detroit, MI on Oct. 30, 1959 Weaver grew up in Livonia, MI and lived with his father, who had his own saw sharpening business, and his mother...
![Weaver, Dale A. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Weaver, Dale A. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/111810ad9ce6ec5649cea231ed5cdff9.jpg)
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- Text: (asphalt plant) moving heavy machinery (23:50) • Doesn’t really keep in touch with many people from the military except for 2 of them (24:00) • Did not join any veterans groups after the war (24:30) • End of video shows military history and where he served (28:17)
![Hillock, Steven (Interview outline and video), 2008 Hillock, Steven (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/24efc9eb6291cc5e07de5cb27b76d4d3.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Interview Doug Hoekzema (20:58) Notes: Lived in Kentwood, Grand Rapids, Grandvillle. (:15) Knew Gerald Ford, raised his children a block away from Ford's childhood home. (:20) Worked for his father in a food distribut...
![Hoekzema, Doug (Interview outline and video), 2007 Hoekzema, Doug (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e29409d27fa6b7fe4ed50404d1b3d4e2.jpg)
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- Description: Wade Cratsenberg is a Vietnam veteran who served in the United States Navy from November 1964 to November 1970 in California. In this interview, Cratsenberg discusses the behind-the-scene work done by the Navy during Vietnam.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Wade C. Cratsenberg (00:54: 15) (0:00) Growing up • Born Wilcox Hospital, MI • first of seven kids • kindergarten through grade school went to a lot of different country schools o dad drove truck so moved a lot (2:20) Losing a fin...
![Cratsenberg, Wade C. (Interview outline and video), 2007 Cratsenberg, Wade C. (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8b7d6f61a8a81aa6f5a30e9853379510.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Don Morell (01:00:18) (00:10) Background Information • Don was born in Ludington, MI in 1926 and raised in Muskegon, MI • His father worked in a factory • Don had been at church when Pearl Harbor was attacked and realized that he ...
![Morell, Don (Interview outline and video), 2008 Morell, Don (Interview outline and video), 2008](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8d168eed82105904cdb00145da05435c.jpg)
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Jerry Von Holt (1:50:47) (00:15) Background Information • • Jerry was born on May 16, 1930 in Quincy, Illinois He liked to play pranks when he was younger; he ran all over town and was very restless • Jerry dropped out of schoo...
![Von Holt, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2007 Von Holt, Jerry (Interview outline and video), 2007](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2f277260ce2029913b6683b251423dcd.jpg)
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- Description: He retired from his job in 2005 and now spends most of his time at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans.
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- Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veterans History Project Name of Interviewee: Donald M. Kramer Name of War: Vietnam War Interview Length Disc #1: (01:06:30) Interview Length Disc#2: (01:51:40) Interview Length Disc #3: (00:40:35) Interview Length Disc #4: (01:28:40) Disc One (01:11:41) (00:00...
![Kramer, Donald M. (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2006 Kramer, Donald M. (Interview outline and video, 1 of 2), 2006](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/e30dfb72a4f3a44e609dc4a2a9883066.jpg)